Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : LibVNCServer vulnerabilities (USN-3877-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121541

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain operations. A remote attacker able to connect to applications using LibVNCServer could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected libvncclient1, libvncserver0 and / or libvncserver1 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121541

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3877-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2019

Updated: 9/17/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20750

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncclient1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15126, CVE-2018-15127, CVE-2018-20019, CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-20023, CVE-2018-20024, CVE-2018-20748, CVE-2018-20749, CVE-2018-20750, CVE-2018-6307

USN: 3877-1