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CVE-2017-6967 (GCVE-0-2017-6967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-17 08:55 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:49

Summary

xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+b…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2017-03-17 00:00

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CNVD-2017-03456

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2017-03-27

Title

xrdp权限提升漏洞

Description

xrdp是软件开发者Jay Sorg所研发的一款开源的远程桌面协议（RDP）服务器。 xrdp 0.9.1版本中存在权限提升漏洞，该漏洞源于PAM会话模块未能正确初始化。攻击者可利用该漏洞造成配置错误，提升权限。

Severity

高

Formal description

目前没有详细的解决方案提供： http://www.xrdp.org/

Reference

https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694

Impacted products

Name
Xrdp Xrdp 0.9.1

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FKIE_CVE-2017-6967

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-17 09:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:23

Severity

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	neutrinolabs	xrdp	0.9.1

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GHSA-3FGQ-WVWM-XQ86

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:25 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:25

Details

Severity

7.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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  "id": "GHSA-3fgq-wvwm-xq86",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:25:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:25:26Z",
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GSD-2017-6967

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2017-6967

Aliases

CVE-2017-6967

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    "description": "xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.",
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6967.html",
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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 20:20

Summary

libpainter0-0.9.15-2.2 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-6967.

CVE-2017-6967

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 16 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2019:1847-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2019-07-15 12:38 - Updated: 2019-07-15 12:38

Summary

Security update for xrdp

Severity

Important

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-6967.

CVE-2017-6967

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 9 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2019:1860-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2019-07-16 13:30 - Updated: 2019-07-16 13:30

Summary

Security update for xrdp

Severity

Important

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-6967.

CVE-2017-6967

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 8 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2020:1943-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-07-17 11:49 - Updated: 2020-07-17 11:49

Summary

Security update for xrdp

Severity

Important

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-6967.

CVE-2017-6967

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 8 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6967 (CVE-2017-6967)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-03-17 09:59 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:44 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6967	REPORT
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+b…	REPORT
	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350	REPORT
	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694	REPORT
	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/696	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6967	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4815-1	ADVISORY

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