vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-7394: Security patch for tigervnc (ALAS-2017-879)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 31, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Feb 2, 2018 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 31, 2017
Added
Sep 1, 2017
Modified
Feb 2, 2018
Description
In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SSecurityPlain.cxx SSecurityPlain::processMsg), unauthenticated users can crash the server by sending long usernames.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-tigervnc
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