Allele Security Alert
ASA-2019-00071
Identifier(s)
ASA-2019-00071, CVE-2018-8789
Title
Several out-of-bounds reads in the NTLM authentication module
Vendor(s)
FreeRDP project
Product(s)
FreeRDP
Affected version(s)
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4
Fixed version(s)
FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc4
Proof of concept
Unknown
Description
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains several out-of-bounds reads in the NTLM authentication module that results in a denial of service (segfault).
Technical details
Unknown
Credits
Eyal Itkin (Checkpoint Research)
Reference(s)
2.0.0-rc4 released
http://www.freerdp.com/2018/11/20/2_0_0_rc4-released
Reverse RDP Attack: Code Execution on RDP Clients
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
CVE-2018-8789
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8789
CVE-2018-8789
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8789
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Last modified: February 11, 2019