rdesktop: Directory Traversal

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
net-misc/rdesktop	< 1.7.0	>= 1.7.0	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #364191

A vulnerability which allows a remote attacking server to read or overwrite arbitrary files has been found in rdesktop.

2. Impact Information

rdesktop is a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Client.

A vulnerability has been discovered in rdesktop. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Remote RDP servers may be able to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All rdesktop users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rdesktop-1.7.0"

4. References

Page updated October 18, 2012

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