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HistoryMay 18, 2021 - 6:09 a.m.

Moderate: libvncserver security update

2021-05-1806:09:01
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libvncserver
security update
information leak
buffer overflow
null pointer
cve-2018-21247
cve-2019-20839
cve-2020-14397
cve-2020-14405
cve-2020-25708
almalinux

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.7%

LibVNCServer is a C library that enables you to implement VNC server functionality into own programs.

Security Fix(es):

  • libvncserver: uninitialized memory contents are vulnerable to Information Leak (CVE-2018-21247)

  • libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock() (CVE-2019-20839)

  • libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2020-14397)

  • libvncserver: libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size (CVE-2020-14405)

  • libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbserver.c has a divide by zero which could result in DoS (CVE-2020-25708)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.