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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : FreeRDP vulnerabilities (USN-4379-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137045

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4379-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly exeucte arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4379-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137045

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4379-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuwac0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-server2-2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-tools2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:winpr-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-client2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-shadow-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-wayland, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuwac0-0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000852, CVE-2019-17177, CVE-2020-11042, CVE-2020-11044, CVE-2020-11045, CVE-2020-11046, CVE-2020-11047, CVE-2020-11048, CVE-2020-11049, CVE-2020-11058, CVE-2020-11521, CVE-2020-11522, CVE-2020-11523, CVE-2020-11524, CVE-2020-11525, CVE-2020-11526, CVE-2020-13396, CVE-2020-13397, CVE-2020-13398

USN: 4379-1