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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : FreeRDP vulnerabilities (USN-3380-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102260

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain width and height values. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-0250)

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain values in a Scope List. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-0791)

Tyler Bohan discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain length values. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2834, CVE-2017-2835)

Tyler Bohan discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain packets. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-2836, CVE-2017-2837, CVE-2017-2838, CVE-2017-2839).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3380-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102260

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3380-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2017

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2835

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-client1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-codec1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-common1.1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-core1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-crypto1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-gdi1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-locale1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-plugins-standard, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-primitives1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-rail1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-utils1.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-asn1-0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-bcrypt0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-credentials0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-credui0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-crt0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-crypto0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-dsparse0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-environment0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-error0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-file0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-handle0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-heap0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-input0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-interlocked0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-io0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-library0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-path0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-pipe0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-pool0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-registry0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-rpc0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-sspi0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-sspicli0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-synch0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-sysinfo0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-thread0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-timezone0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-utils0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-winhttp0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-winsock0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfreerdp-client1.1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-cache1.1

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0250, CVE-2014-0791, CVE-2017-2834, CVE-2017-2835, CVE-2017-2836, CVE-2017-2837, CVE-2017-2838, CVE-2017-2839

USN: 3380-1