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PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:26 am    Post subject: [ GLSA 201801-13 ] TigerVNC Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-13)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2018-01-11
Bug(s): #614742, #636396
ID: 201801-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TigerVNC, the worst of
which may lead to arbitrary code execution.


Background

TigerVNC is a high-performance VNC server/client.

Affected Packages

Package: net-misc/tigervnc
Vulnerable: < 1.8.0
Unaffected: >= 1.8.0
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC. Please review
the referenced CVE Identifiers for details.


Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
condition.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TigerVNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tigervnc-1.8.0"
   


References


CVE-2016-10207


CVE-2017-7392


CVE-2017-7393


CVE-2017-7394


CVE-2017-7395


CVE-2017-7396


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