A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet could trigger a segmentation fault. This issue causes the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting in a denial of service. It occurs pre-boot and is likely due to a NULL pointer dereference. Rebooting is required to recover the system.

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:9307 advisory.

    * gnome-remote-desktop: freerdp: Unauthenticated RDP Packet Causes Segfault in FreeRDP Leading to Denial     of Service (CVE-2025-4478)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7624-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain RDP packets. A remote attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-9307 advisory.

    - Fixes CVE-2025-4478

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1034 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet     could trigger a segmentation fault. This issue causes the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting     in a denial of service. It occurs pre-boot and is likely due to a NULL pointer dereference. Rebooting is     required to recover the system. (CVE-2025-4478)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9307 advisory.

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license.
    The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

    Security Fix(es):

    * gnome-remote-desktop: freerdp: Unauthenticated RDP Packet Causes Segfault in FreeRDP Leading to Denial     of Service (CVE-2025-4478)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
269902	AlmaLinux 10 : freerdp (ALSA-2025:9307)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
241639	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : FreeRDP vulnerability (USN-7624-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
240964	Oracle Linux 10 : freerdp (ELSA-2025-9307)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
240300	Amazon Linux 2023 : freerdp, freerdp-devel, freerdp-libs (ALAS2023-2025-1034)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
240245	RHEL 10 : freerdp (RHSA-2025:9307)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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