I suspect freerdp2 was derailed in politics much like the stalls and eventual removal of a package for guacamole-server. What is currently deployed in Ubuntu focal is a alpha development snapshot of freerdp2 2.0.0 which is buggy to the point of being unusable for Apache guacamole and has significant security holes. There are 14 CVEs currently listed as fixed in freerdp 2.1.0. The advisories, which are a recent additional reflective of the maturity of the product, can be found here: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories
It's hard to get an exact number on security issues between that development snapshot and the stable release but freerdp went through a lot of development before the recent stable releases appeared. Hundreds to thousands of issues fixed and some of them will have had security impact. An alpha development snapshot may been needed temporarily in an LTS release but it should be replaced with something stable once it is available. I have no interest in the politics and have not managed to navigate the bureaucracy needed to contribute packages to Debian and Ubuntu. I am trying to see if I can leverage the freerdp2 daily builds to build a stable package for freerdp 2.1.1 which is the current stable release. I'm also trying to see if I can take the 0.9.9 Debian package of Apache Guacamole and rebuild it around 1.1.0 and eventually 1.2.0 as that release is what will be stable on 20.04. If someone can help grease inclusion of the resulting packages that would be appreciated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to freerdp2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873514 Title: Ubuntu uses insecure FreeRDP version Status in freerdp2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: FreeRDP has been released some days ago and fixes several security issues as can be seen at https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2.0.0/ChangeLog. However Ubuntu and in particular 20.04 does not yet provide the released version but uses an outdated version. Please upgrade to the released version of FreeRDP before releasing 20.04. Thanks, Joachim To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freerdp2/+bug/1873514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp