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

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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/26/2020
Created
11/27/2020
Added
11/27/2020
Modified
12/04/2020

Description

A divide by zero issue was found to occur in libvncserver-0.9.12. A malicious client could use this flaw to send a specially crafted message that, when processed by the VNC server, would lead to a floating point exception, resulting in a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libvncserver

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