UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2838

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2838

    Published: 27 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2838
    Aliases:
    USN-3380-1

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists within the handling of challenge packets in FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11. A specially crafted challenge packet can cause the program termination leading to a denial of service condition. An attacker can compromise the server or use man in the middle to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2838, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0340, 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-2017-2838

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freerdp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.0.2-1ubuntu1
    1.0.2-2ubuntu1

    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