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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-11098

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223016

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In FreeRDP before version 2.1.2, there is an out-of-bound read in glyph_cache_put. This affects all FreeRDP clients with `+glyph-cache` option enabled This is fixed in version 2.1.2. (CVE-2020-11098)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-11098

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11098

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223016

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_11098.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-plugins, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwinpr-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwinpr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11098