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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-6759-1 Critical: FreeRDP Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in Ubuntu FreeRDP resolved, tackling denial of service threats along with memory management weaknesses.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.

Software Description:

- freerdp3: 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory issue ubuntu freerdp

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libfreerdp3-3                   3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6759-1

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

CVE-2024-32662

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6759-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory issue ubuntu freerdp

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp3/3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1

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