CVE-2020-13397: Medium severity FreeRDP freerdp vulnerability

Published May 22, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in securityfipsdecrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.

Affected Software

11 affected componentsFixes available
FreeRDP freerdp<2.1.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=20.04
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
openSUSE Leap=15.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
debian/freerdp2
2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u12.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u32.11.7+dfsg1-6~deb12u1

Event History

May 22, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:39 PM
Description
Feb 22, 2026
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·03:44 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Data Sourced
via Debian·03:46 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13397?

The severity of CVE-2020-13397 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.5.

2

How does CVE-2020-13397 affect FreeRDP?

CVE-2020-13397 affects FreeRDP versions before 2.1.1.

3

What is the vulnerability in CVE-2020-13397?

CVE-2020-13397 is an out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c.

4

What is the fix for CVE-2020-13397 in Ubuntu?

To fix CVE-2020-13397 in Ubuntu, update the freerdp package to version 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 or later.

5

Are there any references for CVE-2020-13397?

Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2020-13397 at the following references: [reference 1](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13397), [reference 2](https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/8fb6336a4072abcee8ce5bd6ae91104628c7bb69), [reference 3](https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/compare/2.1.0...2.1.1).

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