CVE-2020-13179
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBroker Protocol messages in Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows and Graphics Agent for Windows prior to 20.04.1 are not cleaned up in server memory, which may allow an attacker to read confidential information from a memory dump via forcing a crashing during the single sign-on procedure.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Teradici PCoIP agents (Standard and Graphics) prior to version 20.04.1 fail to properly clear Broker Protocol messages from server memory during the single sign-on procedure. This leaves sensitive authentication-related data resident in memory, which could be extracted by an attacker who forces a crash and obtains a memory dump.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 20.04.1< 20.04.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Teradici PCoIP agent is installedCheck installed programs or running services for Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent or Teradici Graphics AgentAffected if The PCoIP agent software is present on the system
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Determine the installed PCoIP agent versionUse the system's software inventory or program properties to find the version number of the Teradici PCoIP agentAffected if The version is lower than 20.04.1
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Verify the Broker Protocol SSO feature is configuredCheck PCoIP agent settings or configuration for single sign-on or Broker Protocol settingsAffected if SSO/Broker Protocol authentication is enabled or configured
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Confirm memory dump capability exists on the systemReview whether crash dump collection or memory dumping tools are available to an attackerAffected if Unrestricted memory dump extraction is possible (attacker can trigger crash and obtain dump)
You are affected if a Teradici PCoIP agent version below 20.04.1 is installed with Broker Protocol SSO enabled, and an attacker could obtain a memory dump after triggering a crash.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data20.04.1
Upgrade Teradici PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows and Graphics Agent for Windows to version 20.04.1 or later, which implements proper memory cleanup for Broker Protocol messages.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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