FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. Affected versions of FreeRDP are missing path canonicalization and base path check for `drive` channel. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read files outside the shared directory. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should not use the `/drive`, `/drives` or `+home-drive` redirection switch.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 2.6
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libs | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp2 | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-devel | Feb 7, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfo | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade freerdp2 | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade freerdp | Dec 25, 2022 | Dec 24, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/freerdp. | Jan 15, 2024 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade libwinpr | Feb 9, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinpr | May 18, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libs | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libuwac0-0Upgrade freerdpUpgrade libfreerdp2Upgrade freerdp-waylandUpgrade winpr2-develUpgrade freerdp-proxyUpgrade freerdp-serverUpgrade uwac0-0-develUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinpr2 | Feb 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreerdp-client2-2Upgrade libfreerdp-server2-2 | Nov 23, 2022 | Nov 16, 2022 |
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