Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting tigervnc package, versions <0:1.8.0-1.32.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TIGERVNC-1707674
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2017

Introduced: 1 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7395  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tigervnc to version 0:1.8.0-1.32.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-879.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc package and not the tigervnc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SMsgReader.cxx SMsgReader::readClientCutText), by causing an integer overflow, an authenticated client can crash the server.