CVE-2017-2834

Publication date 27 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freerdp 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-10ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

in Ubuntu 14.04, decryption is not supported, and the length field doesn't get used.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
freerdp

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.0 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3380-1
    • FreeRDP vulnerabilities
    • 7 August 2017

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