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CentOS 8 : tigervnc (CESA-2020:1497)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146003

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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

 - tigervnc: Stack use-after-return due to incorrect usage of stack memory in ZRLEDecoder (CVE-2019-15691)

 - tigervnc: Heap buffer overflow triggered from CopyRectDecoder due to incorrect value checks (CVE-2019-15692)

 - tigervnc: Heap buffer overflow in TightDecoder::FilterGradient (CVE-2019-15693)

 - tigervnc: Heap buffer overflow in DecodeManager::decodeRect (CVE-2019-15694)

 - tigervnc: Stack buffer overflow in CMsgReader::readSetCursor (CVE-2019-15695)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1497

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146003

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-1497.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:centos:centos:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc-server-applet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc-license, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc-server-module, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc-server-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tigervnc-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2020

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