USN-5154-1: FreeRDP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• freerdp2 - RDP client for Windows Terminal Services

Details

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
or cause a crash. (CVE-2021-41159)

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain connections.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash. (CVE-2021-41160)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10

• libfreerdp-client2-2 - 2.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 21.04

• libfreerdp-client2-2 - 2.3.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libfreerdp-client2-2 - 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• libfreerdp-client2-2 - 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-41159
• CVE-2021-41160