UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40589

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40589
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40589.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40589
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Published
2023-08-31T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:29Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / freerdp2

Package

Name
freerdp2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp2@2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-1
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-5
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-5ubuntu1
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-5ubuntu2
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-6
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-6build1
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-7
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-7ubuntu0.1
2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-shadow-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-wayland",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-client2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-server2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr-tools2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "winpr-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / freerdp2

Package

Name
freerdp2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp2@2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-1
2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2
2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build1
2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build2
2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-shadow-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-wayland",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-client2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-server2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr-tools2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "winpr-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / freerdp2

Package

Name
freerdp2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp2@2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0+dfsg1-2build1
2.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu2
2.4.1+dfsg1-1
2.4.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
2.4.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu2
2.5.0+dfsg1-1
2.6.0+dfsg1-1
2.6.1+dfsg1-1
2.6.1+dfsg1-3
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu1
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.2
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-shadow-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-wayland",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freerdp2-x11",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-client2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-server2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp-shadow2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreerdp2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuwac0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr-tools2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwinpr2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "winpr-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}