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Debian DLA-197-1 : libvncserver security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 82784
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvncserver, a library to implement VNC server functionality. These vulnerabilities might result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service in both the client and the server side.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.7-2+deb6u1.
This update has been prepared by Nguyen Cong.
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/2015/04/msg00011.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82784
File Name: debian_DLA-197.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/15/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-6051, CVE-2014-6052, CVE-2014-6053, CVE-2014-6054, CVE-2014-6055