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 libwinprUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-devel | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade freerdp2Upgrade freerdp | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-devel | Feb 7, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade libwinpr-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 libwinprUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp | Feb 9, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinpr | May 18, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libsNo solution existsUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfo | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade freerdp-proxyUpgrade freerdp-serverUpgrade freerdp-waylandUpgrade winpr2-develUpgrade libwinpr2Upgrade uwac0-0-develUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libfreerdp2Upgrade libuwac0-0Upgrade freerdp | Feb 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreerdp-client2-2Upgrade libfreerdp-server2-2 | Nov 23, 2022 | Nov 16, 2022 |
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