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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-41159: Important: freerdp security update (ALSA-2021-4622)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-41159: Important: freerdp security update (ALSA-2021-4622)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/21/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/13/2022

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. All FreeRDP clients prior to version 2.4.1 using gateway connections (`/gt:rpc`) fail to validate input data. A malicious gateway might allow client memory to be written out of bounds. This issue has been resolved in version 2.4.1. If you are unable to update then use `/gt:http` rather than /gt:rdp connections if possible or use a direct connection without a gateway.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-freerdp
  • alma-upgrade-freerdp-devel
  • alma-upgrade-freerdp-libs
  • alma-upgrade-libwinpr
  • alma-upgrade-libwinpr-devel

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