CVE-2008-1803

NameCVE-2008-1803
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1573-1
Debian Bugs480135

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rdesktop (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.8.6-0+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.8.6-2~deb9u1fixed
buster1.8.6-2fixed
sid, trixie, bullseye, bookworm1.9.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rdesktopsourceetch1.5.0-1etch2DSA-1573-1
rdesktopsource(unstable)1.5.0-4+cvs20071006480135
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