Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting tigervnc-server-module package, versions <0:1.8.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-TIGERVNCSERVERMODULE-2517812
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Apr 2017

Introduced: 1 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 tigervnc-server-module to version 0:1.8.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2000.

NVD Description

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

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SSecurityVeNCrypt.cxx SSecurityVeNCrypt::SSecurityVeNCrypt), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.