ROS-2-1217

2.1217 Vulnerability in FreeRDP

1. Vulnerability description:

Eight vulnerabilities have been addressed. Five issues can cause a crash or data leak due to reads from areas outside the allocated buffer. One issue results in an integer overflow. Three issues can lead to buffer overflows in the cliprdr_server_receive_capabilities and URBDRC handlers. FSTEC Russia’s Information Security Threat Data Bank Identifier: BDU:2020-02593, BDU:2020-02592, BDU:2020-02591, BDU:2020-02590, BDU:2020-02589, BDU:2020-02588, BDU:2020-02587, BDU:2020-02586

2. Possible remedial actions to address the vulnerability

- refuse to use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) or - install security updates for package: freerdp-2.1.0Updates can be installed in the following ways:**a) if the computer with the installed OS version has access to the vendor’s official repository, run the update as administrator with the command:# yum updateAfter the list of updated packages is displayed, agree to apply the updates by pressingY**on the keyboard. Wait until the updates installation is completed and make sure that there are no errors during their installation.b)If the computer with the installed OS version does not have access to the vendor’s official repository, you should perform the following actions: - download the updated package (and dependencies if necessary): http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.2c/x86_64/updates/freerdp-2.1.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Check the package integrity and authenticity by instructionsInstall the downloaded package with the command:# yum localinstall freerdp-2.1.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpmWhen the list of updated packages is displayed, agree to apply the updates by pressingY on the keyboard. Wait for the updates to finish installing and make sure there are no errors during installation.

Date of last modification: 08.09.2021