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SUSE: 2020:2880-1 Critical: tigervnc Impersonation Risk Update

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
Recent updates for tigervnc fix urgent vulnerabilities that pose impersonation threats. Implement these patches promptly to boost your security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for tigervnc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-26117: Server certificates were stored as certiticate authorities, allowing malicious owners of these certificates to impersonate any server after a client had added an exception (bsc#1176733) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-2880=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-2880=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical SUSE impersonation tigervnc

References

#1176733

Cross- CVE-2020-26117

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26117.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176733

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2880-1
Rating: critical

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