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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : xrdp vulnerabilities (USN-8476-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 322953

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8476-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled bounds checking when processing user domain information during the connection sequence. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause xrdp to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68670)

 It was discovered that xrdp did not correctly enforce the maximum number of login attempts configured by the MaxLoginRetry parameter. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an unlimited number of login attempts. (CVE-2024-39917)

 It was discovered that xrdp did not perform bounds checking when accessing font glyphs. Since some of this data is controllable by the user, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause xrdp to read out of bounds. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-42822)

 It was discovered that xrdp did not properly handle session establishment errors. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass OS-level session restrictions enforced by PAM, such as the maximum number of concurrent sessions per user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-40184)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xorgxrdp, xrdp and / or xrdp-pulseaudio-installer packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8476-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 322953

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8476-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68670

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorgxrdp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xrdp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xrdp-pulseaudio-installer, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40184, CVE-2023-42822, CVE-2024-39917, CVE-2025-68670

USN: 8476-1