QID 239874

Date Published: 2021-11-15

QID 239874: Red Hat Update for freerdp (RHSA-2021:4619)

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)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 7 ppc64le



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch.

    Refer to Refer to :
    Applying Package Updates to RHEL system
    for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:4619 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239874

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:4619 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4619