Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880496
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for rdesktop CESA-2011:0506 centos5 i386
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'rdesktop'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'rdesktop' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: rdesktop is a client for the Remote Desktop Server (previously, Terminal Server) in Microsoft Windows. It uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to remotely present a user's desktop. 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) Red Hat 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. Users of rdesktop should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. Affected Software/OS: rdesktop on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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