Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title FreeRDP: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201412-18 First vendor Publication 2014-12-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-12-13
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An integer overflow in FreeRDP couuld result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the remote desktop protocol.

Description

FreeRDP does not properly validate user-supplied input, which could lead to an integer overflow in the xf_Pointer_New() function.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FreeRDP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge -a -1 -v ">=net-misc/freerdp-1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0250 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0250

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-18.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-18.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3380-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-13 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2506-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-31 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-171.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-02 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-452.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-12-16 13:25:45
  • Multiple Updates
2014-12-13 21:22:16
  • First insertion