Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting italc package, versions <1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ITALC-475354
  • published19 Dec 2018
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 italc to version 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream italc package and not the italc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian: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