TencentOS Server 2: tigervnc (TSSA-2024:0072)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238856

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 2 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 2 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0072 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-6816:
A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used.

CVE-2024-0229:
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the X.Org server. This issue can be triggered when a device frozen by a sync grab is reattached to a different master device. This issue may lead to an application crash, local privilege escalation (if the server runs with extended privileges), or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

CVE-2024-21885:
A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

CVE-2024-21886:
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the DisableDevice function in the X.Org server. This issue may lead to an application crash or, in some circumstances, remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20240072.xml

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6816

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0229

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21885

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21886

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238856

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2024_0072.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2025

Updated: 6/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:2, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:tigervnc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024