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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-4382-1 Critical: FreeRDP Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in FreeRDP have been resolved in Ubuntu 16.04, improving overall system security and reliability.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Software Description:

- freerdp: 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution Ubuntu FreeRDP

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libfreerdp-client1.1            1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4
  libfreerdp-common1.1.0          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4
  libfreerdp-core1.1              1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4382-1

CVE-2020-11042, CVE-2020-11045, CVE-2020-11046, CVE-2020-11048,

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

CVE-2020-11523, CVE-2020-11525, CVE-2020-11526, CVE-2020-13396,

CVE-2020-13397, CVE-2020-13398

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June 04, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution Ubuntu FreeRDP

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp/1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4

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