1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4481-1

USN-4481-1: FreeRDP vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 September 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Releases

Packages

  • 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 execute arbitrary
code.

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 execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal libfreerdp-client2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
libfreerdp-server2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
libfreerdp2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic libfreerdp-client2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
libfreerdp-server2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
libfreerdp2-2 –  2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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