CVE-2020-13397 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-13397: An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.

Affects 7 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-13397 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.1.1+dfsg1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.1.1+dfsg1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.0.0-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.0.0-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.0.0-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

freerdp2→ fixed in2.0.0-r1

apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp2

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.0.0-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.0.0-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

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