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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. : FreeRDP vulnerabilities (USN-6759-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194731

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6759-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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-6759-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194731

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6759-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32659

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp3-shadow-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp3-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-client3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:winpr3-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp3-wayland, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-tools3-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-server3-3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts.

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32658, CVE-2024-32659, CVE-2024-32660, CVE-2024-32661, CVE-2024-32662

USN: 6759-1