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openSUSE Security Update : LibVNCServer (openSUSE-2015-851)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87389

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The LibVNCServer package was updated to fix the following security issues :

 - bsc#897031: fix several security issues :

 - CVE-2014-6051: Integer overflow in MallocFrameBuffer() on client side.

 - CVE-2014-6052: Lack of malloc() return value checking on client side.

 - CVE-2014-6053: Server crash on a very large ClientCutText message.

 - CVE-2014-6054: Server crash when scaling factor is set to zero.

 - CVE-2014-6055: Multiple stack overflows in File Transfer feature.

 - bsc#854151: Restrict the SSL cipher suite.

Solution

Update the affected LibVNCServer packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=854151

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=897031

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87389

File Name: openSUSE-2015-851.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncserver-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncclient0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncserver0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:linuxvnc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncserver-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncserver0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvncclient0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:linuxvnc-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6051, CVE-2014-6052, CVE-2014-6053, CVE-2014-6054, CVE-2014-6055