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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tigervnc (SUSE-SU-2014:1592-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83649

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for tigervnc provides the following fixes :

 - Fixed integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in screen size handling. (CVE-2014-8240)

 - Send correctly keys that don't type any characters, such as CTRL+Space. (bnc#906922)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-101

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-101

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900896

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906922

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8240/

http://www.nessus.org/u?750869a8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83649

File Name: suse_SU-2014-1592-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tigervnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tigervnc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-xvnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-xvnc-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8240

BID: 70391