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Ubuntu 21.10 USN-5154-1 Critical: FreeRDP Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential security patches implemented in FreeRDP for various Ubuntu versions, focusing on vulnerabilities in input processing.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Summary

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security advisory critical remote code execution Ubuntu FreeRDP input handling flaw

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: libfreerdp-client2-2 2.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 21.04: libfreerdp-client2-2 2.3.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libfreerdp-client2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libfreerdp-client2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5154-1

CVE-2021-41159, CVE-2021-41160

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November 23, 2021

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security advisory critical remote code execution Ubuntu FreeRDP input handling flaw

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.3.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

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