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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7394: TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7394: TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/31/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/12/2018
Modified
01/12/2018

Description

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SSecurityPlain.cxx SSecurityPlain::processMsg), unauthenticated users can crash the server by sending long usernames.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-tigervnc

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