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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3845-2
May 28, 2019

freerdp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Software Description:
- freerdp: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services

Details:

USN-3845-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FreeRDP. This update
provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.

Original advisory details:

 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. (CVE-2018-8784, CVE-2018-8785)
 
 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. (CVE-2018-8786, CVE-2018-
8787)
 
 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. (CVE-2018-
8788)
 
 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. (CVE-2018-
8789)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libfreerdp-client1.1            1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-
15ubuntu1.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libfreerdp-client1.1            1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-
15ubuntu1.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3845-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3845-1
  CVE-2018-8786, CVE-2018-8787, CVE-2018-8788, CVE-2018-8789

Package Information:
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp/1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.10.1
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp/1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.1