CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-18922: Important: libvncserver security update (Multiple Advisories)
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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
06/30/2020
08/05/2020
08/04/2020
05/25/2023
Description
It was discovered that websockets.c in LibVNCServer prior to 0.9.12 did not properly decode certain WebSocket frames. A malicious attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted WebSocket frames to a server, causing a heap-based buffer overflow.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-libvncserver
- centos-upgrade-libvncserver-debuginfo
- centos-upgrade-libvncserver-debugsource
- centos-upgrade-libvncserver-devel
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