openSUSE Security Update: Security update for LibVNCServer
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0978-1
Rating: important
References: #1173477
Cross-References: CVE-2017-18922
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for LibVNCServer fixes the following issues:

– CVE-2017-18922: Fixed an issue which could have allowed to an attacker
to pre-auth overwrite a function pointer which subsequently used leading
to potential remote code execution (bsc#1173477).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-978=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

LibVNCServer-debugsource-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1
LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1
libvncclient0-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1
libvncclient0-debuginfo-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1
libvncserver0-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1
libvncserver0-debuginfo-0.9.10-lp152.9.4.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18922.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173477

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