UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41159

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41159

    Published: 21 Oct 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-41159
    Aliases:
    USN-5154-1

    Summary:

    Details: FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. All FreeRDP clients prior to version 2.4.1 using gateway connections (`/gt:rpc`) fail to validate input data. A malicious gateway might allow client memory to be written out of bounds. This issue has been resolved in version 2.4.1. If you are unable to update then use `/gt:http` rather than /gt:rdp connections if possible or use a direct connection without a gateway.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41159, https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-vh34-m9h7-95xq, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5154-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41159

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freerdp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1
    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2
    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.3
    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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