CVE-2011-1595

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025525 vdb entry
http://rdesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rdesktop?view=revision&revision=1626 patch
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0506.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:102 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47419 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061309.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061170.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51023 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-03.xml vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/files/rdesktop/1.7.0/rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz/download patch
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27376554 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/44881 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676252 patch exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1136-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061316.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1595?
CVE-2011-1595 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1595?
To fix CVE-2011-1595, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1595 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1595 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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