Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11524

 

Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-11524

Published: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27986
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-2020-11524
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in "libfreerdp/codec/interleaved.c". A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target 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 x86_64 - 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Opensuse
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
freerdp (Alpine package)
freerdp
freerdp-debugsource
libwinpr
freerdp-help
freerdp-debuginfo
libwinpr-devel
freerdp-devel

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11524

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
freerdp (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.0-r0
freerdp - update to 2.2.0-2
freerdp-debugsource - update to 2.2.0-2
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

External References

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