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CVE-2011-0904

Published: 2 May 2011

The rfbSendFramebufferUpdate function in server/libvncserver/rfbserver.c in vino-server in Vino 2.x before 2.28.3, 2.32.x before 2.32.2, 3.0.x before 3.0.2, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when raw encoding is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large (1) X position or (2) Y position value in a framebuffer update request that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, related to the rfbTranslateNone and rfbSendRectEncodingRaw functions.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
code doesn't seem present in kdenetwork in lucid and maverick
turns out libvncserver and kdenetwork aren't vulnerable

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
kdenetwork
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
maverick Not vulnerable
(code not present)
natty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

libvncserver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Not vulnerable

karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

vino
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy
Released (2.22.2-0ubuntu1.1)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (2.28.2-0ubuntu2.1)
maverick
Released (2.32.0-0ubuntu1.2)
natty
Released (2.32.1-0ubuntu2.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=8beefcf7792d343c10c919ee0c928c81f73b1279