Source: libvncserver
Version: 0.9.11+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/218

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libvncserver.

CVE-2018-7225[0]:
| An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11.
| rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize
| msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially
| sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer
| overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

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-2018-7225
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7225
[1] https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/218

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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