xrdp reports :

The scp_v0s_accept function in the session manager uses an untrusted integer as a write length, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted input stream.

Patch CVE-2017-16927.

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Security fixes

  - Fix local denial of service CVE-2017-16927 #958 #979     (fix already in 0.9.4-2)

New features

  - Add a new log level TRACE more verbose than DEBUG #835     #944

  - SSH agent forwarding via RDP #867 #868     FreeRDP/FreeRDP#4122

  - Support horizontal wheel properly #928

Bug fixes

  - Avoid use of hard-coded sesman port #895

  - Workaround for corrupted display with Windows Server     2008 using NeutrinoRDP #869

  - Fix glitch in audio redirection by AAC #910 #936

  - Implement vsock support #930 #935 #948

  - Avoid 100% CPU usage on SSL accept #956

Other changes

  - Add US Dvorak keyboard #929

  - Suppress some misleading logs #964

  - Add Finnish keyboard #972

  - Add more user-friendlier description about Xorg config     #974

  - Renew pulseaudio document #984 #985

  - Lots of cleanups and refactoring

Known issues

  - Audio redirection by MP3 codec doesn't sound with some     client, use AAC instead #965

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This update for xrdp fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2013-1430: When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd was created. Its content was the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key (bsc#1015567).

CVE-2017-16927: The scp_v0s_accept function in sesman/libscp/libscp_v0.c in the session manager in xrdp through used an untrusted integer as a write length, which could lead to a local denial of service (bsc#1069591).

CVE-2017-6967: Fixed call of the PAM function auth_start_session().
This lead to to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass (bsc#1029912).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4815-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that xrdp did not properly validate certain input in the session manager. A local     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.
    (CVE-2017-16927)

    It was discovered that xrdp did not properly initialize PAM session modules. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2017-6967)

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

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2013-1430: When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd was created. Its content was the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key (bsc#1015567).

CVE-2017-16927: The scp_v0s_accept function in sesman/libscp/libscp_v0.c in the session manager in xrdp through used an untrusted integer as a write length, which could lead to a local denial of service (bsc#1069591).

CVE-2017-6967: Fixed call of the PAM function auth_start_session().
This lead to to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass (bsc#1029912).

Other issues addressed: The KillDisconnected option for TigerVNC Xvnc sessions is now supported (bsc#1101506)

Fixed an issue with delayed X KeyRelease events (bsc#1100453)

Force xrdp-sesman.service to start after xrdp.service. (bsc#1014524)

Avoid use of hard-coded sesman port. (bsc#1060644)

Backport upstream commit 5575197, sesman should stop setting LANG and let initialization scripts take care of it (bsc#1023988).

Backport upstream patches for 32bpp support (bsc#1022098).

Fixed a regression connecting from Windows 10. (bsc#1090174)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
104945	FreeBSD : xrdp -- local user can cause a denial of service (a66f9be2-d519-11e7-9866-c85b763a2f96)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	11/12/2025	high
105138	Fedora 26 : 1:xrdp (2017-f67f3ffb5d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	12/11/2017	11/12/2025	high
105963	Fedora 27 : 1:xrdp (2017-b891f919c5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/4/2025	high
105707	Fedora 26 : 1:xrdp (2017-4603342f9a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/10/2018	11/6/2025	high
105126	Fedora 25 : 1:xrdp (2017-1fb805bfc2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	12/11/2017	11/12/2025	high
105829	Fedora 27 : 1:xrdp (2017-1c73749b66)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/6/2025	high
126738	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xrdp (SUSE-SU-2019:1847-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/16/2019	5/19/2022	critical
183700	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : xrdp vulnerabilities (USN-4815-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/23/2023	8/27/2024	high
126771	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xrdp (SUSE-SU-2019:1860-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/17/2019	5/19/2022	critical

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