Input validation error in FreeRDP - CVE-2014-0791
Published: January 3, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42191
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0791
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRDP
Affected software:
FreeRDP
FreeRDP
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0791
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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