USN-4379-1: FreeRDP vulnerabilities
freerdp2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.
Software Description
- freerdp2 – RDP client for Windows Terminal Services
Details
It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly exeucte arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libfreerdp-client2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- libfreerdp-server2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- libfreerdp2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- Ubuntu 19.10
- libfreerdp-client2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- libfreerdp-server2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- libfreerdp2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libfreerdp-client2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libfreerdp-server2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libfreerdp2-2 – 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
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