MGASA-2019-0012 - Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0012.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-8784,
     CVE-2018-8785,
     CVE-2018-8786,
     CVE-2018-8787,
     CVE-2018-8788,
     CVE-2018-8789

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream
encodings. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code (CVE-2018-8784, CVE-2018-8785).

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled bitmaps. A malicious
server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-8786,
CVE-2018-8787).

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream
encodings. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code (CVE-2018-8788).

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled NTLM authentication. A
malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code
(CVE-2018-8789).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24074
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3845-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8784
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8785
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8786
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8787
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8788
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8789

SRPMS:
- 6/core/freerdp-2.0.0-0.rc4.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0012: freerdp security update

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream encodings

Summary

Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream encodings. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-8784, CVE-2018-8785).
Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled bitmaps. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-8786, CVE-2018-8787).
Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream encodings. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-8788).
Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled NTLM authentication. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-8789).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24074

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3845-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8784

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8785

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8786

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8787

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8788

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8789

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0012 - Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/freerdp-2.0.0-0.rc4.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0012.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-8784, CVE-2018-8785, CVE-2018-8786, CVE-2018-8787, CVE-2018-8788, CVE-2018-8789

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