UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6055

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6055

    Published: 24 Sept 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-6055

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6055, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txt, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2365-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6055, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4587-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krfb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/krfb@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1

    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
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