Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp-proxy package, versions <2.4.0-150400.3.23.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-FREERDPPROXY-6131108
  • published19 Dec 2023
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-40569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 freerdp-proxy 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-proxy package and not the freerdp-proxy 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. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the progressive_decompress function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the nXSrc and nYSrc variables. 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.

CVSS Scores

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