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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-8786: Important: freerdp security update (CESA-2019:0697)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-8786: Important: freerdp security update (CESA-2019:0697)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/29/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/13/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_update() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-freerdp
  • centos-upgrade-freerdp-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-freerdp-devel
  • centos-upgrade-freerdp-libs
  • centos-upgrade-freerdp-plugins

References

  • 106938
  • CVE-2018-8786
  • RHSA-2019:0697
  • USN-3845-1

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