Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 758
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 758

Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6752-1 Critical FreeRDP Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey April 25, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6752-1 highlights multiple security vulnerabilities in FreeRDP that impact various releases.
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. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a

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

resulting in a denial of service.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue critical ubuntu freerdp memory operations

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libfreerdp2-2                   2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6752-1

CVE-2024-32658, CVE-2024-32659, CVE-2024-32660, CVE-2024-32661

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6752-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue critical ubuntu freerdp memory operations

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here