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Debian: CVE-2023-40567: freerdp2 -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 31, 2023
Added
Oct 10, 2023
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `clear_decompress_bands_data` function in which there is no offset validation. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to an out of bounds write. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Solution

debian-upgrade-freerdp2
Title
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