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high 7.3

CVE-2017-6967 json

xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initiali…

published 2017-03-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16005

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • xrdp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.1-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6967

  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6967

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xrdp SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 +1 more 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1943-1SUSE-SU-2019:1860-1SUSE-SU-2019:1847-1

  • xrdp openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.15-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6967 updated cvss 5.5

xrdp: Incorrect placement of auth_start_session()

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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