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RHEL 8 : freerdp (RHSA-2020:2417)
high Nessus Plugin ID 137240
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for freerdp.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2417 advisory.FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license.
The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.
Security Fix(es):
* freerdp: Out-of-bounds write in crypto_rsa_common in libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c (CVE-2020-13398)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL freerdp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2417.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9b2dd435
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 137240
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2417.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/8/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
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: 7.2
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-13398