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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4379-1 Moderate: FreeRDP Denial of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 1, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security flaws discovered in FreeRDP may result in service interruptions and the risk of code execution; it’s crucial to apply updates promptly.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu freerdp memory operations

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

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4379-1

CVE-2018-1000852, CVE-2019-17177, CVE-2020-11042, CVE-2020-11044,

CVE-2020-11045, CVE-2020-11046, CVE-2020-11047, CVE-2020-11048,

CVE-2020-11049, CVE-2020-11058, CVE-2020-11521, CVE-2020-11522,

CVE-2020-11523, CVE-2020-11524, CVE-2020-11525, CVE-2020-11526,

CVE-2020-13396, CVE-2020-13397, CVE-2020-13398

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June 01, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu freerdp memory operations

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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