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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current tigervnc Vulnerability (SSA:2024-304-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209919

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to tigervnc.

Description

The version of tigervnc installed on the remote host is prior to 1.12.0 / 1.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-304-01 advisory.

 New tigervnc packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected tigervnc package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7ef81ff2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209919

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-304-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/30/2024

Updated: 10/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:tigervnc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9632