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Ubuntu 25.04, 24.04 LTS: USN-7624-1 critical: FreeRDP denial of service

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
FreeRDP failure problem influences Ubuntu flavors 25.04 and 24.04 LTS, urgent patch necessary to prevent service disruption.
FreeRDP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: FreeRDP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - freerdp3: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services Details: It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain RDP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu freerdp RDP client

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 libfreerdp3-3 3.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libfreerdp3-3 3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7624-1

CVE-2025-4478

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7624-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu freerdp RDP client

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp3/3.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp3/3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1

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