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Debian 10: DLA-3125-1 Moderate: libvncserver Denial Of Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey September 29, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
Important libvncserver security patch for Debian LTS: address service interruption vulnerabilities and mitigate memory leak concerns.
Two issues have been found in libvncserver, a library to write one's own VNC server

Summary

Two issues have been found in libvncserver, a library to write one's own
VNC server.

CVE-2020-25708

Due to some missing checks, a divide by zero could happen, which could
result in a denial of service.

CVE-2020-29260

Due to a memory leak in function rfbClientCleanup() a remote attacker
might be able to cause a denial of service.



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version
0.9.11+dfsg-1.3+deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.

For the detailed security status of libvncserver please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libvncserver

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



Package: libvncserver
Version: 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3+deb10u5
CVE ID: CVE-2020-25708 CVE-2020-29260

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