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SUSE: CVE-2016-9942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/31/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/12/2017
Modified
08/12/2021

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in ultra.c in LibVNCClient in LibVNCServer before 0.9.11 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message with the Ultra type tile, such that the LZO payload decompressed length exceeds what is specified by the tile dimensions.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libvncclient0
  • suse-upgrade-libvncserver
  • suse-upgrade-libvncserver-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libvncserver0
  • suse-upgrade-libxvnc1
  • suse-upgrade-tigervnc
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvnc

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0104-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0519-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0622-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0830-1
  • DLA-777-1
  • DSA-3753
  • 95170
  • GLSA-201702-24
  • CVE-2016-9942
  • USN-3171-1
  • USN-4587-1
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