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 freerdp-libsUpgrade 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 freerdpUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-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 freerdp-libsUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp | Feb 9, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-devel | May 18, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfo | May 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade freerdpUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade libwinpr | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade freerdpUpgrade libuwac0-0Upgrade libfreerdp2Upgrade freerdp-waylandUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade uwac0-0-develUpgrade freerdp-proxyUpgrade freerdp-serverUpgrade libwinpr2Upgrade winpr2-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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