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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6401-1 Critical FreeRDP Input Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Advisory DSA-4801-1 details essential patches for OpenSSL, impacting various Debian releases.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP. Software Description: - freerdp2: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services Details: It was discovered that FreeRDP did not properly manage certain inputs. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (cve-2023-39350, cve-2023-39351,  CVE-2023-39353, CVE-2023-39354, CVE-2023-40181, CVE-2023-40188, CVE-2023-40589) It was discovered that FreeRDP did not properly manage certain inputs. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (cve-2023-40186 CVE-2023-40567, CVE-2023-40569)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04:   libfreerdp2-2                   2.10.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4   libwinpr2-2                     2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4   libwinpr2-dev                   2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   libfreerdp2-2                   2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5   libwinpr2-2                     2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5   libwinpr2-dev                   2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   libfreerdp2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1   libwinpr2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1   libwinpr2-dev 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

 

  CVE-2023-39350, CVE-2023-39351, CVE-2023-39353, CVE-2023-39354,

  CVE-2023-40181, CVE-2023-40186, CVE-2023-40188, CVE-2023-40567,

  CVE-2023-40569, CVE-2023-40589

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6401-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.10.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.5

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