USN-6749-1: FreeRDP vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 April 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.


Packages

  • 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...

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,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-32041, CVE-2024-32458,
CVE-2024-32460)

Evgeny Legerov discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
FreeRDP clients and servers to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-32459)


Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic libfreerdp2-2 –  2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1.2
22.04 jammy libfreerdp2-2 –  2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.6
20.04 focal libfreerdp2-2 –  2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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