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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-15127: Important: libvncserver security update (CESA-2019:0059)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-15127: Important: libvncserver security update (CESA-2019:0059)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/19/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/18/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libvncserver
  • centos-upgrade-libvncserver-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libvncserver-devel

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