Ubuntu 13.04: USN-1980-1 Moderate: Vino Denial Of Service Issue

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September 30, 2013

Vino could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Vino could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- vino: VNC server for GNOME

Details:

Jonathan Claudius discovered that Vino incorrectly handled closing invalid

connections. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Vino to

consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu network issue vino

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
  vino                            3.6.2-0ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  vino                            3.6.0-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  vino                            3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.