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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-23481

CVE-2022-23481: 
xrdp vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

xrdp is an open source project that provides a graphical login to remote machines using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). A vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-23481 was discovered in xrdp versions prior to v0.9.21, which contains an Out-of-Bound Read vulnerability in the xrdpcapsprocessconfirmactive() function (CVE Mitre, GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-Bound Read issue occurring specifically in the xrdpcapsprocessconfirmactive() function. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as Low according to CVSS v3.1 metrics, with a base score indicating Network attack vector, Low attack complexity, and No privileges required for exploitation (GitHub Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to crash the program or extract sensitive information through out-of-bounds reads (Ubuntu Notice).

Mitigation and workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to xrdp version 0.9.21 or later. Various distributions have released security updates to address this vulnerability, including Ubuntu and Debian (Ubuntu Notice, Debian Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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