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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6752-1
April 25, 2024

freerdp2 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 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. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6752-1
   CVE-2024-32658, CVE-2024-32659, CVE-2024-32660, CVE-2024-32661

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 6752-1: FreeRDP Security Advisory Updates

April 25, 2024
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 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. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: libfreerdp2-2 2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6752-1

CVE-2024-32658, CVE-2024-32659, CVE-2024-32660, CVE-2024-32661

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6752-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

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