Integer overflow in FreeRDP - CVE-2023-40186

 

Integer overflow in FreeRDP - CVE-2023-40186

Published: September 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80401
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-2023-40186
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 within the gdi_CreateSurface() function in libfreerdp/gdi/gfx.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

FreeRDP
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
libwinpr2-dev (Ubuntu package)
libwinpr2-2 (Ubuntu package)
libfreerdp2-2 (Ubuntu package)
winpr2-devel
freerdp-debugsource
libfreerdp2
freerdp-debuginfo
libfreerdp2-debuginfo
libwinpr2
freerdp-devel
libwinpr2-debuginfo
freerdp-server
freerdp-proxy
freerdp
libuwac0-0
uwac0-0-devel
libuwac0-0-debuginfo
freerdp-wayland
freerdp-server-debuginfo
freerdp-wayland-debuginfo
freerdp-proxy-debuginfo
net-misc/freerdp
freerdp-help
libwinpr-devel
libwinpr
freerdp (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-40186

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeRDP - addressed in versions 2.11.1, 3.0.0 beta3
libwinpr2-dev (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5, 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4
libwinpr2-2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5, 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4
libfreerdp2-2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5, 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4, 2.10.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
winpr2-devel - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libfreerdp2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libfreerdp2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libwinpr2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-devel - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libwinpr2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-server - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-proxy - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libuwac0-0 - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
uwac0-0-devel - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libuwac0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-wayland - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-server-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-wayland-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-proxy-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
net-misc/freerdp - update to 2.11.0
freerdp - addressed in versions 2.11.0-1.fc37, 2.11.0-1.fc38, 2.11.0-1.fc39, 2.11.1-1.fc37, 2.11.1-1.fc38, 2.11.1-1.fc39
freerdp - update to 2.11.1-1
freerdp-debugsource - update to 2.11.1-1
freerdp-debuginfo - update to 2.11.1-1
freerdp-help - update to 2.11.1-1
libwinpr-devel - update to 2.11.1-1
freerdp-devel - update to 2.11.1-1
libwinpr - update to 2.11.1-1
freerdp (Red Hat package) - update to 2.11.2-1.el9

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