SB2014010301 - Input validation error in FreeRDP
Published: January 3, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014010301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0791)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer overflow in the license_read_scope_list function in libfreerdp/core/license.c in FreeRDP through 1.0.2 allows remote RDP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large ScopeCount value in a Scope List in a Server License Request packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0287.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00102.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/03/4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998941
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/1649
- https://github.com/sidhpurwala-huzaifa/FreeRDP/commit/e2745807c4c3e0a590c0f69a9b655dc74ebaa03e