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Debian: CVE-2017-5885: gtk-vnc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-5885: gtk-vnc -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) vnc_connection_server_message and (2) vnc_color_map_set functions in gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 allow remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving SetColorMapEntries, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gtk-vnc

References

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