Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been identified and fixed in rdesktop:
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 (CVE-2011-1595).
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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
rdesktop on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1595 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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