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Gentoo update for rdesktop
Secunia Advisory: SA30713
Release Date: 2008-06-16
Popularity: 1,320 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1801
CVE-2008-1802
CVE-2008-1803


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for rdesktop. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA30118

Solution:
Update to "net-misc/rdesktop-1.6.0" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml

Other References:
SA30118:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30118/


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