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openSUSE Leap 15.1: 2020:2097-1 Important: LibVNCServer DoS

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Calendar Grey November 28, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
LibVNCServer has introduced a new update addressing a significant security vulnerability that necessitates immediate action from users.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for LibVNCServer fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-25708 [bsc#1178682], libvncserver/rfbserver.c has a divide by

zero which could result in DoS

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2097=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

LibVNCServer-debugsource-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

libvncclient0-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

libvncclient0-debuginfo-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

libvncserver0-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

libvncserver0-debuginfo-0.9.10-lp151.7.12.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25708.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178682

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2097-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 .

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