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

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2024
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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

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update buffer overflow Fedora improper validation neatvnc

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