MGASA-2019-0401 - Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 19 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0401.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-17177,
     CVE-2019-17178

Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Multiple memory leaks in libfreerdp/codec/region.c (CVE-2019-17177).

Memory leak in HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies (CVE-2019-17178).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25815
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17177
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17178

SRPMS:
- 7/core/freerdp-2.0.0-0.rc4.1.1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0401: freerdp security update

Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities: Multiple memory leaks in libfreerdp/codec/region.c (CVE-2019-17177)

Summary

Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Multiple memory leaks in libfreerdp/codec/region.c (CVE-2019-17177).
Memory leak in HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies (CVE-2019-17178).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25815

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17177

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17178

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0401 - Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/freerdp-2.0.0-0.rc4.1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 19 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0401.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-17177, CVE-2019-17178

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