Package        : libvncserver
Version        : 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u5
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-15126 CVE-2018-20748 CVE-2018-20749 CVE-2018-20750

A vulnerability was found by Kaspersky Lab in libvncserver, a C library
to implement VNC server/client functionalities. In addition, some of the
vulnerabilities addressed in DLA 1617-1 were found to have incomplete
fixes, and have been addressed in this update.

CVE-2018-15126

    An attacker can cause denial of service or remote code execution via
    a heap use-after-free issue in the tightvnc-filetransfer extension.

CVE-2018-20748
CVE-2018-20749
CVE-2018-20750

    Some of the out of bound heap write fixes for CVE-2018-20019 and
    CVE-2018-15127 were incomplete. These CVEs address those issues.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Debian LTS: DLA-1652-1: libvncserver security update

January 31, 2019
A vulnerability was found by Kaspersky Lab in libvncserver, a C library to implement VNC server/client functionalities

Summary

An attacker can cause denial of service or remote code execution via
a heap use-after-free issue in the tightvnc-filetransfer extension.

CVE-2018-20748
CVE-2018-20749
CVE-2018-20750

Some of the out of bound heap write fixes for CVE-2018-20019 and
CVE-2018-15127 were incomplete. These CVEs address those issues.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Severity
Package : libvncserver
Version : 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u5
CVE ID : CVE-2018-15126 CVE-2018-20748 CVE-2018-20749 CVE-2018-20750

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