Executive Summary



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Summary
Title gtk-vnc vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3203-1 First vendor Publication 2017-02-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-02-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

gtk-vnc could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - gtk-vnc: VNC viewer widget

Details:

It was discovered that gtk-vnc incorrectly validated certain data. A malicious server could use this issue to cause gtk-vnc to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1
libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1
libgvnc-1.0-0 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1
libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1
libgvnc-1.0-0 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3203-1
CVE-2017-5884, CVE-2017-5885

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-vnc/0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-vnc/0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3203-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-118 Improper Access of Indexable Resource ('Range Error')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1181.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1182.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-2258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_gtk_vnc_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-09 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-404f1a29fc.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-c3739273e5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-a9e6a5c249.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-21 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-831.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3203-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-ab04a91edd.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_79bbb8f8f04911e68a6abcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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