Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting tigervnc-icons package, versions <0:1.8.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TIGERVNCICONS-2087600
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Mar 2017

Introduced: 29 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7394  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 tigervnc-icons to version 0:1.8.0-1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-icons package and not the tigervnc-icons package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SSecurityPlain.cxx SSecurityPlain::processMsg), unauthenticated users can crash the server by sending long usernames.