RHEL 8 : freerdp (RHSA-2020:2417)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137240

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: Out-of-bounds write in crypto_rsa_common in libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c (CVE-2020-13398)

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?f8957188

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2417

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1841199

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137240

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2417.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel

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

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2020:2417