Integer overflow in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11523

 

Integer overflow in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11523

Published: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27985
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11523
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in "libfreerdp/gdi/region.c". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: This vulnerability affects versions greater than 1.0


Affected software

FreeRDP
Gentoo Linux
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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 ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Opensuse
Ubuntu
openEuler
freerdp (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libfreerdp-core1.1 (Ubuntu package)
libfreerdp-common1.1.0 (Ubuntu package)
libfreerdp-client1.1 (Ubuntu package)
freerdp (Alpine package)
libwinpr
freerdp-help
freerdp-debuginfo
libwinpr-devel
freerdp-devel
freerdp
freerdp-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11523

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeRDP - update to 2.0.0
freerdp (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8, 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.1, 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.1
libfreerdp-core1.1 (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-client1.1 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
freerdp (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.0-r0
libwinpr - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp-help - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp-debuginfo - update to 2.2.0-2
libwinpr-devel - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp-devel - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp-debugsource - update to 2.2.0-2

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