metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-18.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-18">
  <title>FreeRDP: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>An integer overflow in FreeRDP couuld result in execution of
    arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freerdp</product>
  <announced>December 13, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 13, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>511688</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/freerdp" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>FreeRDP is a free implementation of the remote desktop protocol.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>FreeRDP does not properly validate user-supplied input, which could lead
      to an integer overflow in the xf_Pointer_New() function.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the process or cause Denial of Service.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All FreeRDP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=net-misc/freerdp-1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0250">CVE-2014-0250</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:32:41 +0000">K_F</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:06:45 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>