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Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0363 High Severity: Libvncclient Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent libvncserver updates tackle memory leak problems found in libvncclient, impacting Mageia 8. Further information available.
libvncclient v0.9.13 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function rfbClientCleanup()

Summary

libvncclient v0.9.13 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function rfbClientCleanup(). (CVE-2020-29260)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30917

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00035.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29260

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory high severity memory leak libvncserver Mageia libvncclient

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libvncserver-0.9.13-1.1.mga8

- 8/core/italc-3.0.3-6.1.mga8

Publication date: 08 Oct 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0363.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-29260

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory high severity memory leak libvncserver Mageia libvncclient

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