CVE-2018-8786

FreeRDP en versiones anteriores a la 2.0.0-rc4 contiene un truncamiento de enteros que conduce a un desbordamiento de búfer basado en memoria dinámica (heap) en la función zgfx_decompress() y que resulta en una corrupción de memoria y, probablemente, incluso en la ejecución remota de código.

A flaw was found in freerdp in versions prior to version 2.0.0-rc4. An integer truncation that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in the update_read_bitmap_update() function results in a memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

USN-3845-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FreeRDP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. 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. This issue only applies to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. 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. 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. This issue only applies to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. 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. This issue only applies to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. Various other issues were also addressed.