Debian: DSA-2238-1: vino security update

Date 19 May 2011

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Kevin Chen discovered that incorrect processing of framebuffer requests in the Vino VNC server could lead to denial of service. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2238-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 19, 2011                           https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : vino
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2011-0904 CVE-2011-0905 

Kevin Chen discovered that incorrect processing of framebuffer requests 
in the Vino VNC server could lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.28.2-2+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.28.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your vino packages.

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