9.3 - CVE-2008-1801

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-1801	First vendor Publication	2008-05-12
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	9.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Integer underflow in the iso_recv_msg function (iso.c) in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) request with a small length field.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1801

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-189	Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11570

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11570
Title:	Integer underflow in the iso_recv_msg function (iso.c) in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) request with a small length field.
Description:	Integer underflow in the iso_recv_msg function (iso.c) in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) request with a small length field.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-1801	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AND CentOS Linux 3.x AND rdesktop is earlier than 0:1.2.0-3 OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND rdesktop is earlier than 0:1.3.1-9 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND rdesktop is earlier than 0:1.4.1-6

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Rdesktop cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.5.0:::::::*	1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for rdesktop MDVSA-2008:101 (rdesktop) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_101.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for rdesktop vulnerabilities USN-646-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_646_1.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for rdesktop RHSA-2008:0575-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0575-01_rdesktop.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for rdesktop RHSA-2008:0576-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0576-01_rdesktop.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for rdesktop RHSA-2008:0725-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0725-01_rdesktop.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for rdesktop CESA-2008:0576 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0576_rdesktop_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for rdesktop CESA-2008:0576 centos3 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0576_rdesktop_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for rdesktop FEDORA-2008-3886 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3886_rdesktop_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for rdesktop FEDORA-2008-3917 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3917_rdesktop_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for rdesktop FEDORA-2008-3985 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3985_rdesktop_fc7.nasl
2009-01-23	Name : SuSE Update for openwsman SUSE-SA:2008:041 File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_041.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200806-04 (rdesktop) File : nvt/glsa_200806_04.nasl
2008-05-27	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1573-1 (rdesktop) File : nvt/deb_1573_1.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-148-01 rdesktop File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_148_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
44943	rdesktop RDP Request iso_recv_msg() Function Underflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0576.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20080724_rdesktop_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20080724_rdesktop_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20080416_rdesktop_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-646-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-15	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_rdesktop-5271.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-14	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_rdesktop-5272.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-28	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0576.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-25	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-25	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0576.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-25	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0725.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-16	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200806-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-28	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-148-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-16	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-3985.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-16	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-3917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-16	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-3886.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-13	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1573.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097
CONFIRM	http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/iso.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.... http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573
EXPLOIT-DB	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5561
FEDORA	http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00270.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00296.html
GENTOO	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml
IDEFENSE	http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=696
MANDRIVA	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0575.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0576.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0725.html
SECTRACK	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019990
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/30118 http://secunia.com/advisories/30248 http://secunia.com/advisories/30380 http://secunia.com/advisories/30713 http://secunia.com/advisories/31222 http://secunia.com/advisories/31224 http://secunia.com/advisories/31928
SLACKWARE	http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&...
SUNALERT	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1
UBUNTU	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1467/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2403
XF	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42272

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Date	Informations
2021-05-04 12:07:24	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:48	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:21:34	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:30	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:24:01	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 17:18:59	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:44:39	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:15:03	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	1
Sources(s)	29
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	14
Nessus® Exploit(s)	20

	Related
9.3	USN-646-1
9.3	SUN-240708
9.3	RHSA-2008:0725
9.3	RHSA-2008:0576
9.3	RHSA-2008:0575
9.3	MDVSA-2008:101
9.3	GLSA-200806-04
9.3	DSA-1573
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