QID 239876

Date Published: 2021-11-15

QID 239876: Red Hat Update for freerdp (RHSA-2021:4622)

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for arm 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for ibm z systems 8 s390x



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-2021:4622 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239876

    CVE-2021-41159 | CVE-2021-41160 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:4622 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4622
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