RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

BID:106938

CVE-2018-20174 | CVE-2018-20175 | CVE-2018-20176 | CVE-2018-20177 | CVE-2018-20178 | CVE-2018-20179 | CVE-2018-20180 | CVE-2018-20181 | CVE-2018-20182 | CVE-2018-8784 | CVE-2018-8785 | CVE-2018-8786 | CVE-2018-8787 | CVE-2018-8788 | CVE-2018-8789 | CVE-2018-8791 | CVE-2018-8792 | CVE-2018-8793 | CVE-2018-8794 | CVE-2018-8795 | CVE-2018-8796 | CVE-2018-8797 | CVE-2018-8798 | CVE-2018-8799 | CVE-2018-8800 |

Info

RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 106938
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2018-8791
CVE-2018-8792
CVE-2018-8793
CVE-2018-8794
CVE-2018-8795
CVE-2018-8796
CVE-2018-8797
CVE-2018-8798
CVE-2018-8799
CVE-2018-8800
CVE-2018-20174
CVE-2018-20175
CVE-2018-20176
CVE-2018-20177
CVE-2018-20178
CVE-2018-20179
CVE-2018-20180
CVE-2018-20181
CVE-2018-20182
CVE-2018-8784
CVE-2018-8785
CVE-2018-8786
CVE-2018-8787
CVE-2018-8788
CVE-2018-8789
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2019 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 19 2019 10:00AM
Credit: Eyal Itkin
Vulnerable: rdesktop rdesktop 1.8.3
rdesktop rdesktop 1.8
rdesktop rdesktop 1.7.1
rdesktop rdesktop 1.7
rdesktop rdesktop 1.6.9
rdesktop rdesktop 1.6
rdesktop rdesktop 1.5
rdesktop rdesktop 1.4.1
rdesktop rdesktop 1.4
rdesktop rdesktop 1.3.1
rdesktop rdesktop 1.3
rdesktop rdesktop 1.2
Oracle Linux 7
FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0
FreeRDP FreeRDP 1.1
FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc4
FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc3
FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc2
FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc1
FreeRDP FreeRDP 1.1.0-beta1
FreeRDP FreeRDP 1.0.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

RDP Client is prone to the following vulnerabilities:

1. Multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities.
2. Multiple integer-underflow vulnerabilities.
3. Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
4. Multiple heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.
5. Multiple integer-overflow vulnerabilities.
6. Multiple buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, perform unauthorized actions or gain access to sensitive information that may aid in further attacks.

The following versions of RDP Client are vulnerable:

rdesktop version 1.8.3 and prior are vulnerable.
FreeRDP version 2.0.0-rc4 and prior are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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