Product Errata

RLSA-2021:4622

Important: freerdp security update

Topic

An update is available for freerdp.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

Security Fix(es):

* freerdp: improper client input validation for gateway connections allows to overwrite memory (CVE-2021-41159)

* freerdp: improper region checks in all clients allow out of bound write to memory (CVE-2021-41160)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Issued: 11/11/2021

Type: Security

Severity: Important

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

References

  • No references