Buffer Overflow Affecting freerdp package, versions <2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES154-FREERDP-6131172
- published 19 Dec 2023
- disclosed 18 Dec 2023
Introduced: 18 Dec 2023
CVE-2023-40589 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.4 freerdp to version 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp package and not the freerdp package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40589.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214872
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16