SUSE SLED12 Security Update : freerdp (SUSE-SU-2016:2506-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 94037
New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3
The calculated severity for Plugins has been updated to use CVSS v3 by default. Plugins that do not have a CVSS v3 score will fall back to CVSS v2 for calculating severity. Severity display preferences can be toggled in the settings dropdown.
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/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 94037
File Name: suse_SU-2016-2506-1.nasl
Version: 2.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/13/2016
Updated: 1/6/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
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: 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