Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tightvnc package, versions <1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TIGHTVNC-1651287
- published19 Dec 2018
- disclosed19 Dec 2018
Introduced: 19 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20020 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 tightvnc to version 1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tightvnc package and not the tightvnc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
LibVNC before commit 7b1ef0ffc4815cab9a96c7278394152bdc89dc4d contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability inside structure in VNC client code that can result remote code execution
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20020
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20020
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-030-libvnc-heap-out-of-bound-write/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/