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Debian: CVE-2018-20021: Multiple Affected Packages

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Debian: CVE-2018-20021: Multiple Affected Packages

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/19/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/04/2019
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libvncserver
  • debian-upgrade-ssvnc
  • debian-upgrade-tightvnc
  • debian-upgrade-veyon

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