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RHSA-2015:2233

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2015-11-19 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:55

Summary

security update for tigervnc

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: security update for tigervnc

Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2015:2233. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2233.

Patchnames: RHSA-2015:2233

CVE-2014-8240

Affected products

Recommended 7 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-0:1.3.1-3.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-icons-0:1.3.1-3.el7.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-license-0:1.3.1-3.el7.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-server-0:1.3.1-3.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-server-applet-0:1.3.1-3.el7.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-server-minimal-0:1.3.1-3.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:tigervnc-server-module-0:1.3.1-3.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact important

CVE-2014-8241

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Recommended 7 products, the same list as for CVE-2014-8240

Threats

Impact moderate

References

8 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/r…	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8240/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8241/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8240	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/900896	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8241	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/900898	external

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CVE-2014-8240 (GCVE-0-2014-8240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10

Summary

Integer overflow in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to screen size handling, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6051.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151307	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70391	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2014-10-10 00:00

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CVE-2014-8241 (GCVE-0-2014-8241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-14 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10

Summary

XRegion in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging failure to check a malloc return value, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6052.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2014-10-10 00:00

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