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USN-6522-2: FreeRDP vulnerabilities

7 December 2023

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

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Releases

Packages

  • freerdp2 - RDP client for Windows Terminal Services

Details

USN-6522-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FreeRDP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled drive redirection. If a
user were tricked into connection to a malicious server, a remote attacker
could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-41877)

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain surface updates.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-39352, CVE-2023-39356)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Related notices

  • USN-6522-1: freerdp2, freerdp2-dev, freerdp2-wayland, libuwac0-dev, libwinpr-tools2-2, libfreerdp2-2, libwinpr2-dev, freerdp2-shadow-x11, libuwac0-0, libfreerdp-client2-2, freerdp2-x11, libfreerdp-server2-2, libwinpr2-2, libfreerdp-shadow2-2, libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2, winpr-utils