CVE-2023-40567
Publication date 31 August 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `clear_decompress_bands_data` function in which there is no offset validation. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to an out of bounds write. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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freerdp2 | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
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Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6401-1
- FreeRDP vulnerabilities
- 4 October 2023
Other references
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-2w9f-8wg4-8jfp
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L843-L845
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L612-L618
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40567