Debian DLA-1837-2 : rdesktop regression update

high Nessus Plugin ID 126248

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The update for rdesktop released as 1.8.6-0+deb8u1 introduced a regression which broke RDP protocol negotiation. Updated rdesktop packages are now available to correct this issue.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.6-0+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your rdesktop packages.

For the detailed security status of rdesktop please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/rdesktop

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected rdesktop package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126248

File Name: debian_DLA-1837.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/26/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rdesktop, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2019

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