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CentOS Update for rdesktop CESA-2011:0506 centos5 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'rdesktop' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. It is recommended to install the updated packages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-May/017557.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880496");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:0506");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1595");
  script_name("CentOS Update for rdesktop CESA-2011:0506 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'rdesktop'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"rdesktop on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"rdesktop is a client for the Remote Desktop Server (previously, Terminal
  Server) in Microsoft Windows. It uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to
  remotely present a user's desktop.

  A directory traversal flaw was found in the way rdesktop shared a local
  path with a remote server. If a user connects to a malicious server with
  rdesktop, the server could use this flaw to cause rdesktop to read and
  write to arbitrary, local files accessible to the user running rdesktop.
  (CVE-2011-1595)

  Red Hat would like to thank Cendio AB for reporting this issue. Cendio AB
  acknowledges an anonymous contributor working with the SecuriTeam Secure
  Disclosure program as the original reporter.

  Users of rdesktop should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
  backported patch to resolve this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"rdesktop", rpm:"rdesktop~1.6.0~3.el5_6.2", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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