Improper Data Handling Affecting tightvnc package, versions <1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.96% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TIGHTVNC-1652775
  • published15 Dec 2014
  • disclosed15 Dec 2014

Introduced: 15 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-6053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (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.

The rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier does not properly handle attempts to send a large amount of ClientCutText data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted message that is processed by using a single unchecked malloc.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1