Bug 2236656 (CVE-2023-40567)

Summary:	CVE-2023-40567 freerdp: Out-of-bounds write in clear_decompress_bands_data
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	desktop-qa-list, oholy
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	freerdp 2.11.0, freerdp 3.0.0-beta3	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in FreeRDP. Improper validation in the `clear_decompress_bands_data` function may allow for an out-of-bounds write, resulting in a crash.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2236666, 2236667
Bug Blocks:	2236652

Description Marian Rehak 2023-09-01 05:52:57 UTC

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `clear_decompress_bands_data` function in which there is no offset validation. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to an out of bounds write. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L843-L845
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-2w9f-8wg4-8jfp
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L612-L618

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 09:48:46 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2208 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2208