Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461

SUSE: 2013:4632-2 Critical: VNC Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

suse
Calendar Grey November 6, 2013
Scroller Suse
SUSE has issued a security enhancement for vino: a crucial update released to counteract a potential remote denial of service vulnerability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

vino has been updated to fix a remote denial of service problem where remote attackers could have caused a infinite loop in vino (CPU consumption). (CVE-2013-5745) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-5745 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp2-vino-8442 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp2-vino-8442 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp2-vino-8442 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64): vino-2.28.1-2.5.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update important SUSE vino

References

#843174

Cross- CVE-2013-5745

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5745.html

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1631-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update important SUSE vino

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.