Buffer Overflow Affecting freerdp-debuginfo package, versions <2:2.11.1-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FREERDPDEBUGINFO-5935861
  • published6 Oct 2023
  • disclosed31 Aug 2023

Introduced: 31 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40589  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 freerdp-debuginfo to version 2:2.11.1-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2269.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp-debuginfo package and not the freerdp-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. 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 issue.

CVSS Scores

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