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Alpine: multiple xrdp packages: security update to 0.9.23-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 407941

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol (RDP) server. In versions prior to 0.9.23 improper handling
 of session establishment errors allows bypassing OS-level session restrictions. The `auth_start_session`
 function can return non-zero (1) value on, e.g., PAM error which may result in in session restrictions
 such as max concurrent sessions per user by PAM (ex ./etc/security/limits.conf) to be bypassed. Users
 (administrators) don't use restrictions by PAM are not affected. This issue has been addressed in release
 version 0.9.23. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
 (CVE-2023-40184)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-40184

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 407941

Version: Revision 1.35

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40184

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40184