rdesktop Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-1803
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002491
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002491 - Multiple Vendor rdesktop iso_recv_msg() Integer Underflow Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- rdesktop rdesktop 1.5.0