CVE-2019-17178 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-17178: HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-17178 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

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