CVE-2022-41877 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2022-41877: FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. Affected versions of FreeRDP are missing input length validation in `drive` channel. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and send it back to the server. This issue has been addressed in version 2

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2022-41877 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

freerdp2→ fixed in2.9.0+dfsg1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y freerdp2
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.9.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.9.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.9.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

freerdp2→ fixed in2.9.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp2

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.9.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

freerdp→ fixed in2.9.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade freerdp
```

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