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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021-1811-01 Moderate LibVNCServer Update

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch release for OpenSSH on CentOS, addressing multiple high-risk vulnerabilities.
An update for libvncserver is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

LibVNCServer is a C library that enables you to implement VNC server functionality into own programs.
Security Fix(es):
* libvncserver: uninitialized memory contents are vulnerable to Information Leak (CVE-2018-21247)
* libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock() (CVE-2019-20839)
* libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2020-14397)
* libvncserver: libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size (CVE-2020-14405)
* libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbserver.c has a divide by zero which could result in DoS (CVE-2020-25708)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak buffer overflow DoS security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvncserver

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-21247 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20839 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14397 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14405 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25708 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.s390x.rpm libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.s390x.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.i686.rpm libvncserver-0.9.11-17.el8.x86_64.rpm libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.i686.rpm libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.x86_64.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.i686.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64: libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libvncserver-devel-0.9.11-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libvncserver-devel-0.9.11-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libvncserver-debuginfo-0.9.11-17.el8.s390x.rpm libvncserver-debugsource-0.9.11-17.el8.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1811-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1811
Issue date: 2021-05-18

Topic

An update for libvncserver is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak buffer overflow DoS security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvncserver

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1849877 - CVE-2019-20839 libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock()

1849886 - CVE-2018-21247 libvncserver: uninitialized memory contents are vulnerable to Information Leak

1860325 - CVE-2020-14405 libvncserver: libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size

1860344 - CVE-2020-14397 libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer dereference

1896739 - CVE-2020-25708 libvncserver: libvncserver/rfbserver.c has a divide by zero which could result in DoS

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