Alpine: multiple libvncserver packages: security update to 0.9.13-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405366

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/scale.c has a pixel_value integer
overflow. (CVE-2020-14401)

- libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13 has a buffer overflow via a long socket filename.
(CVE-2019-20839)

- An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/ws_decode.c can lead to a crash
because of unaligned accesses in hybiReadAndDecode. (CVE-2019-20840)

- An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer
dereference. (CVE-2020-14397)

- An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint32_t
pointers in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. NOTE: there is reportedly "no trust boundary crossed.
(CVE-2020-14399)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20839

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20840

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14397

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14399

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14400

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14401

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14402

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14403

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14404

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14405

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-25708

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 405366

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14401

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20839, CVE-2019-20840, CVE-2020-14397, CVE-2020-14399, CVE-2020-14400, CVE-2020-14401, CVE-2020-14402, CVE-2020-14403, CVE-2020-14404, CVE-2020-14405, CVE-2020-25708