RHSA-2021:4619HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update

Published
November 11, 2021
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2021-41159 →CVE-2021-41160 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-41159 — freerdp: improper client input validation for gateway connections allows to overwrite memory CVE-2021-41160 — freerdp: improper region checks in all clients allow out of bound write to memory

🎯 Affected products81

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • freerdp-debuginfo-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)