SUSE SLED12 Security Update : freerdp (SUSE-SU-2016:2506-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94037

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for freerdp fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2013-4118: Added a NULL pointer check to fix a server crash (bsc#829013).

- CVE-2014-0791: Integer overflow in the license_read_scope_list function in libfreerdp/core/license.c in FreeRDP allowed remote RDP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large ScopeCount value in a Scope List in a Server License Request packet. (bsc#857491)

- CVE-2014-0250: Multiple integer overflows in client/X11/xf_graphics.c in FreeRDP allowed remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via the width and height to the (1) xf_Pointer_New or (2) xf_Bitmap_Decompress function, which causes an incorrect amount of memory to be allocated. (bsc#880317)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2016-1462=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1462=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1462=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=829013

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857491

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880317

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4118/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0250/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0791/

http://www.nessus.org/u?95debfa5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94037

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2506-1.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freerdp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freerdp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreerdp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreerdp-1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreerdp-1_0-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreerdp-1_0-plugins-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4118, CVE-2014-0250, CVE-2014-0791

BID: 61072, 64689, 67670