SB2020070804 - Usage of vulnerable Apache Guacamole in Pulse Connect Secure 



SB2020070804 - Usage of vulnerable Apache Guacamole in Pulse Connect Secure

Published: July 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020070804
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9498)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software mishandles pointers involved in processing data received via RDP static virtual channels. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted PDUs and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9497)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input of RDP static virtual channels. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted PDUs to disclose sensitive information within the memory of the guacd process handling the connection.  


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.