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SUSE: CVE-2014-8240: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2014-8240: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/16/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Integer overflow in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to screen size handling, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6051.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxvnc-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxvnc1
  • suse-upgrade-tigervnc
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvnc
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvnc-module
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvnc-novnc

References

  • SUSE-SU-2014:1592-1
  • 70391
  • tigervnc-cve20148240-bo(96947)
  • GLSA-201612-36
  • CVE-2014-8240

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