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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-3203-1 Critical Threat: gtk-vnc DoS

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Alert DSA-4212-1 addresses vulnerabilities in libssh2; monitor channels for potential risks and secure your systems!
gtk-vnc could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu network exploit gtk-vnc

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1 libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1 libgvnc-1.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1 libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1 libgvnc-1.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3203-1

CVE-2017-5884, CVE-2017-5885

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February 20, 2017

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu network exploit gtk-vnc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-vnc/0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-vnc/0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1

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