Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69857
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 14 FEDORA-2011-7697 (rdesktop)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to rdesktop announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-7697. Update Information: This update fixes a security issue in rdesktop 1.6.0. A directory traversal flaw was found in the way rdesktop shared a local path with a remote server. If a user connects to a malicious server with rdesktop, the server could use this flaw to cause rdesktop to read and write to arbitrary, local files accessible to the user running rdesktop. (CVE-2011-1595) Fedora would like to thank Cendio AB for reporting this issue. Cendio AB acknowledges an anonymous contributor working with the SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program as the original reporter. References: [ 1 ] Bug #676252 - CVE-2011-1595 rdesktop remote file access https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676252 Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update rdesktop' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2011-7697 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1595 1025525 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025525 44881 http://secunia.com/advisories/44881 47419 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47419 51023 http://secunia.com/advisories/51023 FEDORA-2011-7688 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061170.html FEDORA-2011-7694 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061309.html FEDORA-2011-7697 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061316.html GLSA-201210-03 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-03.xml MDVSA-2011:102 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:102 RHSA-2011:0506 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0506.html USN-1136-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1136-1 [rdesktop-announce] 20110418 rdesktop 1.7.0 released http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27376554 http://rdesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rdesktop?view=revision&revision=1626 http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/files/rdesktop/1.7.0/rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz/download https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676252
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