CVE-2014-6054

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-6054  

A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the way LibVNCServer handled the scaling factor when it was set to "0". A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the VNC server using a malicious VNC client.

A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the way LibVNCServer handled the scaling factor when it was set to "0". A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the VNC server using a malicious VNC client.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libvncserver) RHSA-2014:1826 2014-11-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kdenetwork) RHSA-2014:1827 2014-11-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libvncserver) RHSA-2014:1826 2014-11-11

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdenetwork Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdenetwork Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting this issue. oCERT acknowledges Nicolas RUFF as the original reporter.