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Oracle Linux 8 : tigervnc (ELSA-2020-1497)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135748

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1497 advisory.

 [1.9.0-14]
 - Bump build version Resolves: bz#1819877 Resolves: bz#1819879 Resolves: bz#1819882 Resolves: bz#1819886 Resolves: bz#1819884

 [1.9.0-13]
 - Fix stack buffer overflow in CMsgReader::readSetCursor Resolves: bz#1819877

 - Fix heap buffer overflow in DecodeManager::decodeRect Resolves: bz#1819879

 - Fix heap buffer overflow in TightDecoder::FilterGradient Resolves: bz#1819882

 - Fix heap-based buffer overflow triggered from CopyRectDecoder Resolves: bz#1819886

 - Fix stack use-after-return due to incorrect usage of stack memory in ZRLEDecoder Resolves: bz#1819884

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1497.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135748

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1497.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/20/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15695

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-applet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-license, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-module

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15691, CVE-2019-15692, CVE-2019-15693, CVE-2019-15694, CVE-2019-15695

RHSA: 2020:1497