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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libvncclient0 package, versions <0.9.10-4.3.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.52% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBVNCCLIENT0-2755569
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 11 Jan 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libvncclient0 to version 0.9.10-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvncclient0 package and not the libvncclient0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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