MGASA-2020-0207 - Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0207.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-20788

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability:

libvncclient/cursor.c in LibVNCServer through 0.9.12 has a HandleCursorShape
integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow via a large height or width
value (CVE-2019-20788).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26587
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20788

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libvncserver-0.9.12-2.3.mga7

Mageia 2020-0207: libvncserver security update

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability: libvncclient/cursor.c in LibVNCServer through 0.9.12 has a HandleCursorShape integer overflow and heap-based buffer overf...

Summary

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability:
libvncclient/cursor.c in LibVNCServer through 0.9.12 has a HandleCursorShape integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow via a large height or width value (CVE-2019-20788).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26587

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20788

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0207 - Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libvncserver-0.9.12-2.3.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 08 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0207.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-20788

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