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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-15693: Security patch for tigervnc (ALAS-2020-1552)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-15693: Security patch for tigervnc (ALAS-2020-1552)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/26/2019
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

TigerVNC version prior to 1.10.1 is vulnerable to heap buffer overflow, which occurs in TightDecoder::FilterGradient. Exploitation of this vulnerability could potentially result into remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-icons
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-license
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-server
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-server-applet
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-server-minimal
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tigervnc-server-module

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