Improper Certificate Validation Affecting tigervnc-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.11.0-6.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-TIGERVNCDEBUGINFO-3296797
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed27 Sept 2020

Introduced: 27 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-26117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 tigervnc-debuginfo to version 0:1.11.0-6.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1783.

NVD Description

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

In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.

CVSS Scores

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