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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-7396: Security patch for tigervnc (ALAS-2017-879)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-7396: Security patch for tigervnc (ALAS-2017-879)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/31/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/01/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-tigervnc

References

  • ALAS-2017-879
  • CVE-2017-7396

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