Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-7225: libvncserver Improper input sanitization in rfbProcessClientNormalMessage in rfbserver.c
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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
02/19/2018
03/19/2019
08/10/2018
06/17/2022
Description
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-libvncserver
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