MGASA-2020-0280 - Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0280.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-20839,
     CVE-2020-14397,
     CVE-2020-14398,
     CVE-2020-14399,
     CVE-2020-14400,
     CVE-2020-14401,
     CVE-2020-14402,
     CVE-2020-14403,
     CVE-2020-14404,
     CVE-2020-14405

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerabilities:

libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer had a buffer overflow via a long
socket filename (CVE-2019-20839).

libvncserver/rfbregion.c had a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2020-14397).

Byte-aligned data was accessed through uint32_t pointers in
libvncclient/rfbproto.c (CVE-2020-14399).

Byte-aligned data was accessed through uint16_t pointers in
libvncserver/translate.c (CVE-2020-14400).

libvncserver/scale.c had a pixel_value integer overflow (CVE-2020-14401).

libvncserver/corre.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings
(CVE-2020-14402).

libvncserver/hextile.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings
(CVE-2020-14403).

libvncserver/rre.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings
(CVE-2020-14404).

libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size (CVE-2020-14405).

The libvncserver package has been updated to version 0.9.13, fixing these
issues and several others.  See the release announcement for details.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26881
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/releases/tag/LibVNCServer-0.9.13
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2264
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20839
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14397
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14398
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14399
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14400
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14401
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14402
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14403
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14404
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14405

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libvncserver-0.9.13-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0280: libvncserver security update

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerabilities: libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer had a buffer overflow via a long socket filename (CVE-2019-20839)

Summary

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerabilities:
libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer had a buffer overflow via a long socket filename (CVE-2019-20839).
libvncserver/rfbregion.c had a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2020-14397).
Byte-aligned data was accessed through uint32_t pointers in libvncclient/rfbproto.c (CVE-2020-14399).
Byte-aligned data was accessed through uint16_t pointers in libvncserver/translate.c (CVE-2020-14400).
libvncserver/scale.c had a pixel_value integer overflow (CVE-2020-14401).
libvncserver/corre.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings (CVE-2020-14402).
libvncserver/hextile.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings (CVE-2020-14403).
libvncserver/rre.c allowed out-of-bounds access via encodings (CVE-2020-14404).
libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size (CVE-2020-14405).
The libvncserver package has been updated to version 0.9.13, fixing these issues and several others. See the release announcement for details.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26881

- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/releases/tag/LibVNCServer-0.9.13

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2264

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20839

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14397

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14398

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14399

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14400

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14401

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14402

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14403

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14404

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14405

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0280 - Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libvncserver-0.9.13-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0280.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-20839, CVE-2020-14397, CVE-2020-14398, CVE-2020-14399, CVE-2020-14400, CVE-2020-14401, CVE-2020-14402, CVE-2020-14403, CVE-2020-14404, CVE-2020-14405

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