<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201412-18"> <title>FreeRDP: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>An integer overflow in FreeRDP couuld result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">freerdp</product> <announced>2014-12-13</announced> <revised count="1">2014-12-13</revised> <bug>511688</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-misc/freerdp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>FreeRDP is a free implementation of the remote desktop protocol.</p> </background> <description> <p>FreeRDP does not properly validate user-supplied input, which could lead to an integer overflow in the xf_Pointer_New() function. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All FreeRDP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/freerdp-1.1.0_beta1_p20130710-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0250">CVE-2014-0250</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-07-05T13:32:41Z">K_F</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-13T17:06:45Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>