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 freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-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 libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-devel | Feb 7, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debugsource | 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 freerdpUpgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libs | May 18, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinpr-develNo solution exists | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libs | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libfreerdp2Upgrade freerdpUpgrade libuwac0-0Upgrade freerdp-waylandUpgrade winpr2-develUpgrade freerdp-serverUpgrade uwac0-0-develUpgrade freerdp-proxyUpgrade libwinpr2Upgrade freerdp-devel | Feb 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreerdp-client2-2Upgrade libfreerdp-server2-2 | Nov 23, 2022 | Nov 16, 2022 |
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