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CVE-2023-40589 Detail

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. 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 issue.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 Patch 
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-40589
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2023
NVD Last Modified:
01/12/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.