libvncserver: CVE-2019-15681

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-15681  

Debian Bug report logs - #943793
libvncserver: CVE-2019-15681

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:18:02 UTC

Severity: grave

Tags: security, upstream

Found in versions libvncserver/0.9.11+dfsg-1.3, libvncserver/0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u1

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Bug#943793; Package src:libvncserver. (Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:18:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: libvncserver: CVE-2019-15681
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:14:26 +0100
Source: libvncserver
Version: 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Control: found -1 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libvncserver, severity
is choosen to be rather on safe side and issue has not been fully
checked/investigated for impact/attack vector.

CVE-2019-15681[0]:
| LibVNC commit before d01e1bb4246323ba6fcee3b82ef1faa9b1dac82a contains
| a memory leak (CWE-655) in VNC server code, which allow an attacker to
| read stack memory and can be abused for information disclosure.
| Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack
| memory and bypass ASLR. This attack appear to be exploitable via
| network connectivity. These vulnerabilities have been fixed in commit
| d01e1bb4246323ba6fcee3b82ef1faa9b1dac82a.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15681
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15681

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore



Marked as found in versions libvncserver/0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u1. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to submit@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:18:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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