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Scientific Linux Security Update : tigervnc on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87576

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Synopsis

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

Description

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way TigerVNC handled screen sizes. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the client. (CVE-2014-8240)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in TigerVNC's XRegion. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash.
(CVE-2014-8241)

The tigervnc packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bug :

 - The position of the mouse cursor in the VNC session was not correctly communicated to the VNC viewer, resulting in cursor misplacement. The method of displaying the remote cursor has been changed, and cursor movements on the VNC server are now accurately reflected on the VNC client.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8fba7d6b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87576

File Name: sl_20151119_tigervnc_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-license, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-server-applet, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-server-minimal, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tigervnc-server-module, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8240, CVE-2014-8241