MGASA-2015-0459

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    MGASA-2015-0459

    Published: 26 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated tigervnc packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated tigervnc packages fix security vulnerabilities: An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way TigerVNC handled screen sizes. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the client (CVE-2014-8240). A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in TigerVNC's XRegion. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash (CVE-2014-8241).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0459.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17190, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tigervnc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/tigervnc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.1-6.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High