Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11058

 

Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11058

Published: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27973
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11058
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in "rdp_read_font_capability_set". A remote authenticated attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Note: This vulnerability affects versions after 1.1


Affected software

FreeRDP
freerdp (Red Hat package)
vinagre (Red Hat package)
libfreerdp-client1.1 (Ubuntu package)
libfreerdp-common1.1.0 (Ubuntu package)
libfreerdp-core1.1 (Ubuntu package)
freerdp
freerdp-libs
libwinpr
libwinpr-devel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11058

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeRDP - update to 2.0.0
freerdp (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.1.1-1.el8, 2.1.1-2.el7
vinagre (Red Hat package) - update to 3.22.0-23.el8
libfreerdp-client1.1 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
libfreerdp-common1.1.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
libfreerdp-core1.1 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
freerdp - update to 2.2.0-6
freerdp-libs - update to 2.2.0-6
libwinpr - update to 2.2.0-6
libwinpr-devel - update to 2.2.0-6

External References

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