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Red Hat: CVE-2019-20839: CVE-2019-20839 libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-20839: CVE-2019-20839 libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/17/2020
Created
05/21/2021
Added
05/21/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13 has a buffer overflow via a long socket filename.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libvncserver
  • redhat-upgrade-libvncserver-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libvncserver-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libvncserver-devel

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