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Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvncserver-devel package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-LIBVNCSERVERDEVEL-1937978
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 libvncserver-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvncserver-devel package and not the libvncserver-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM