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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : FreeRDP vulnerabilities (USN-6752-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193891

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6752-1 advisory.

 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. FreeRDP based clients prior to version 3.5.1 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. Version 3.5.1 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2024-32658)

 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. FreeRDP based clients prior to version 3.5.1 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read if `((nWidth == 0) and (nHeight == 0))`. Version 3.5.1 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2024-32659)

 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.5.1, a malicious server can crash the FreeRDP client by sending invalid huge allocation size. Version 3.5.1 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2024-32660)

 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. FreeRDP based clients prior to version 3.5.1 are vulnerable to a possible `NULL` access and crash. Version 3.5.1 contains a patch for the issue.
 No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2024-32661)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6752-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193891

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6752-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2024

Updated: 4/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32659

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-shadow-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-wayland, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp2-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-client2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-server2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp-shadow2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreerdp2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuwac0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuwac0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr-tools2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwinpr2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:winpr-utils

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32658, CVE-2024-32659, CVE-2024-32660, CVE-2024-32661

USN: 6752-1