UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2834

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2834

    Published: 27 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2834
    Aliases:
    USN-3380-1

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the authentication functionality of FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11. A specially crafted server response can cause an out-of-bounds write resulting in an exploitable condition. An attacker can compromise the server or use a man in the middle attack to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2834, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0336, http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/07/vulnerbility-spotlight-freerdp-multiple.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3380-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2834

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freerdp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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