Published new project release FreeRDP 2.1, which offers a free implementation of the remote desktop access protocol RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), developed on the basis of specifications Microsoft. The project provides a library for integrating RDP support into third-party applications and a client that can be used to remotely connect to a Windows desktop. Project code spreads licensed under Apache 2.0.
The new version adds new expert command line options "/tune" and "/tune-list", through which you can change any setting of the client, expanded options for filtering forwarded USB devices, work on bugs and eliminated eight vulnerabilities. Fiveproblemscanleadto collapse or data leakage as a result of reading from areas outside the allocated buffer. One the problem results in integer overflow. Threeproblems can lead to buffer overflows in the cliprdr_server_receive_capabilities and URBDRC handlers.