CVE-2020-4044

xorgxrdp: The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious...

CVE-2020-4044 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by xorgxrdp 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, released June 30, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0233
83rd percentile

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
xorgxrdp · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 xorgxrdp 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Jun 30, 2020
xrdp · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 xrdp 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Jun 30, 2020
xrdp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1 xrdp 0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1 Jun 30, 2020
xrdp-pulseaudio-installer · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 xrdp-pulseaudio-installer 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Jun 30, 2020

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