MGASA-2017-0027

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0027.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0027.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0027
Related
Published
2017-01-27T20:30:52Z
Modified
2017-01-27T20:20:14Z
Summary
Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that there were two vulnerabilities in libvncserver, a library to create/embed a VNC server:

A heap-based buffer overflow that allows remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message containing a subrectangle outside of the drawing area (CVE-2016-9941).

A heap-based buffer overflow that allow remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message with the "Ultra" type tile such that the LZO decompressed payload exceeds the size of the tile dimensions (CVE-2016-9942).

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Affected packages