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Gentoo: GLSA-202407-14 Normal: TigerVNC Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
TigerVNC has been identified with several security flaws, notably a severe risk of remote code execution. Users are advised to update their software immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities TigerVNC

Resolution

All TigerVNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tigervnc-1.12.0-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-15691 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15691 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-15692 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15692 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-15694 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15694 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-15695 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15695 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-26117 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26117

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: TigerVNC: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 05, 2024
Bugs: #700464
ID: 202407-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities TigerVNC

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

Background

TigerVNC is a high-performance VNC server/client.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------ ------------ net-misc/tigervnc < 1.12.0-r2 >= 1.12.0-r2

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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