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Ubuntu 24.04 FreeRDP Important Buffer Overflow USN-8004

Ubuntu 24.04 FreeRDP Important Buffer Overflow USN-8004

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • February 3, 2026

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP. Software Description: - freerdp2: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services Details: Kim Dong Han discovered that FreeRDP did not correctly validate the size of certain variables, which could cause a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP. Software Description: - freerdp2: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services Details: Kim Dong Han discovered that FreeRDP did not correctly validate the size of certain variables, which could cause a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2t64 2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.8 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2t64 2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.8 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libfreerdp2-2 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, CVE-2026-23534

CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533,