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Release freerdp-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:19349

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
security

Research direction

No repository files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. Start by identifying how this repository tracks FreeRDP security releases and what evidence is required for the affected packages and architectures; done means the update is recorded according to that process.

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Description

freerdp security update
Severity: Important
Description
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):

  • FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution via crafted pixel data (CVE-2026-33984)
  • FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via specially crafted Remote Desktop Protocol messages (CVE-2026-33983)

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.

Affected packages:
freerdp-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
freerdp-libs-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.i686
freerdp-libs-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
libwinpr-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.i686
libwinpr-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
freerdp-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.s390x
freerdp-libs-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.s390x
libwinpr-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.s390x
freerdp-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.ppc64le
freerdp-libs-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.ppc64le
libwinpr-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.ppc64le
freerdp-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.aarch64
freerdp-libs-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.aarch64
libwinpr-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.aarch64
freerdp-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.i686
freerdp-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
libwinpr-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.i686
libwinpr-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
freerdp-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.ppc64le
libwinpr-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.ppc64le
freerdp-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.aarch64
libwinpr-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.aarch64
freerdp-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.s390x
libwinpr-devel-2.11.7-7.el9_8.1.s390x

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