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CVE-2014-6055

Published: 24 September 2014

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the File Transfer feature in rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long file or (2) directory name or the (3) FileTime attribute in a rfbFileTransferOffer message.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
fix may break ABI

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
krfb
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=krfb.git&a=commit&h=2e211579455fd832fb21322482c005b6a85aa1bf
upstream: http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=krfb.git&a=commit&h=857c2b411ed806ef806116407612a2d2a40fab9c



libvncserver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (0.9.8.2-2ubuntu1.1)
trusty
Released (0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:


upstream: https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2e
upstream: https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677
upstream: https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/256964b884c980038cd8b2f0d180fbb295b1c748 (improvement)
italc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1, 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1)
xenial
Released (1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1)