Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : FreeRDP vulnerabilities (USN-5154-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155681

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-5154-1 advisory.

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2021-41159)

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain connections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2021-41160)

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-5154-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155681

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5154-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:freerdp2-wayland, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-shadow-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-client2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuwac0-0, 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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41159, CVE-2021-41160

USN: 5154-1