Debian DLA-1617-1 : libvncserver security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119877

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Kaspersky Lab discovered several vulnerabilities in libvncserver, a C library to implement VNC server/client functionalities.

CVE-2018-6307

a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the server code of the file transfer extension, which can result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via network connectivity.

CVE-2018-15127

contains a heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in the server code of the file transfer extension, which can result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via network connectivity.

CVE-2018-20019

multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code, which can result in remote code execution.

CVE-2018-20020

heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in a structure in VNC client code, which can result in remote code execution.

CVE-2018-20021

CWE-835: Infinite Loop vulnerability in VNC client code. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to consume an excessive amount of resources, such as CPU and RAM.

CVE-2018-20022

CWE-665: Improper Initialization weaknesses in VNC client code, which could allow an attacker to read stack memory and can be abused for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and bypass ASLR.

CVE-2018-20023

Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC Repeater client code, which could allow an attacker to read stack memory and can be abused for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and bypass ASLR.

CVE-2018-20024

a NULL pointer dereference in VNC client code, which can result in DoS.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libvncserver

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119877

File Name: debian_DLA-1617.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/27/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20020

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncclient0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncclient0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncserver-config, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncserver-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncserver0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncserver0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linuxvnc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15127, CVE-2018-20019, CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-20023, CVE-2018-20024, CVE-2018-6307