NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting freerdp-libs package, versions <0:2.1.1-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-FREERDPLIBS-2170986
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 May 2020

Introduced: 22 May 2020

CVE-2020-13397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 freerdp-libs to version 0:2.1.1-2.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp-libs package and not the freerdp-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.

CVSS Scores

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