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| From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201801-13 ] TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:57:07 |
| Message-Id: | c2b3942c-4914-ced8-e5c1-fbc2a2dca202@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201801-13 |
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| 4 | https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: January 11, 2018 |
| 10 | Bugs: #614742, #636396 |
| 11 | ID: 201801-13 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TigerVNC, the worst of |
| 19 | which may lead to arbitrary code execution. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | TigerVNC is a high-performance VNC server/client. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Affected packages |
| 27 | ================= |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 31 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 32 | 1 net-misc/tigervnc < 1.8.0 >= 1.8.0 |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Description |
| 35 | =========== |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC. Please |
| 38 | review the referenced CVE Identifiers for details. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Impact |
| 41 | ====== |
| 42 | |
| 43 | An attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service |
| 44 | condition. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Workaround |
| 47 | ========== |
| 48 | |
| 49 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Resolution |
| 52 | ========== |
| 53 | |
| 54 | All TigerVNC users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 55 | |
| 56 | # emerge --sync |
| 57 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tigervnc-1.8.0" |
| 58 | |
| 59 | References |
| 60 | ========== |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [ 1 ] CVE-2016-10207 |
| 63 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10207 |
| 64 | [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7392 |
| 65 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7392 |
| 66 | [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7393 |
| 67 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7393 |
| 68 | [ 4 ] CVE-2017-7394 |
| 69 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7394 |
| 70 | [ 5 ] CVE-2017-7395 |
| 71 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7395 |
| 72 | [ 6 ] CVE-2017-7396 |
| 73 | https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7396 |
| 74 | |
| 75 | Availability |
| 76 | ============ |
| 77 | |
| 78 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 79 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 80 | |
| 81 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-13 |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Concerns? |
| 84 | ========= |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 87 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 88 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 89 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 90 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | License |
| 93 | ======= |
| 94 | |
| 95 | Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 96 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 97 | |
| 98 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 99 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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