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Fedora 39: 2024-7250fa4a78 Moderate: Neatvnc Improper Validation Issue

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 39's neatvnc patch resolves critical security concerns associated with inadequate validation. Users are advised to apply updates using the dnf package manager.
new version RHBZ #2302449,2302450

Summary

This is a liberally licensed VNC server library that's intended to be

fast and neat. Note: This is a beta release, so the interface is not

yet stable.

Update Information:

new version RHBZ #2302449,2302450

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update buffer overflow Fedora improper validation neatvnc

Change Log

* Fri Aug 2 2024 Bob Hepple - 0.8.1-1 - new version RHBZ #2302449,2302450 * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.8.0-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2302449 - CVE-2024-42458 neatvnc: improper validation of chosen security type [fedora-39] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302449 [ 2 ] Bug #2302450 - CVE-2024-42458 neatvnc: improper validation of chosen security type [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302450

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-7250fa4a78' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: neatvnc
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 0.8.1
Release: 1.fc39
URL: https://github.com/any1/neatvnc
Summary: a liberally licensed VNC server library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update buffer overflow Fedora improper validation neatvnc

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