Out-of-Bounds Affecting libvncserver-devel package, versions <0:0.9.9-9.el7_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.83% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVNCSERVERDEVEL-2484639
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Sept 2014

Introduced: 30 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6055  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvncserver-devel to version 0:0.9.9-9.el7_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1826.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the File Transfer feature in rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long file or (2) directory name or the (3) FileTime attribute in a rfbFileTransferOffer message.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1