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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6749-1: Critical FreeRDP DoS Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Latest security patches for FreeRDP address memory handling and denial-of-service issues found in Ubuntu. Get all the details today.
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 context resets.

If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote

attacker could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-22211)

Evgeny Legerov discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory

operations. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a

remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting

in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2024-32039, CVE-2024-32040)

Evgeny Legerov 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,

resultin...

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update DoS Ubuntu memory operations FreeRDP

Update Instructions

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

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6749-1

CVE-2024-22211, CVE-2024-32039, CVE-2024-32040, CVE-2024-32041,

CVE-2024-32458, CVE-2024-32459, CVE-2024-32460

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6749-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update DoS Ubuntu memory operations FreeRDP

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.6

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