debian DSA-4221-1 : libvncserver - security update. Insufficient input sanitising of RFB packets in LibVNCServer could result in the disclosure of memory contents
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 86 |
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![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4221-1) | 7 Jun 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libvncserver (EulerOS-SA-2018-1176) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libvncserver (EulerOS-SA-2018-1139) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2018:0875-1) | 9 Jun 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1332-1) | 1 Apr 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CentOS Update for libvncserver CESA-2018:1055 centos7 | 5 Jun 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0198) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for libvncserver FEDORA-2018-43541091ab | 4 Apr 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for libvncserver FEDORA-2018-4897772a43 | 28 Mar 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3618-1) | 6 Apr 201800:00 | – | openvas |
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4221. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(110420);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/09/24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7225");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4221");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4221-1 : libvncserver - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Alexander Peslyak discovered that insufficient input sanitising of RFB
packets in LibVNCServer could result in the disclosure of memory
contents.");
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libvncserver
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b930abb4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libvncserver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libvncserver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4221");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the libvncserver packages.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-7225");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvncserver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncclient0", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncclient0-dbg", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncserver-config", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncserver-dev", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncserver0", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libvncserver0-dbg", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linuxvnc", reference:"0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncclient1", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncclient1-dbg", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncserver-config", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncserver-dev", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncserver1", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libvncserver1-dbg", reference:"0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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