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HistoryMar 15, 2021 - 8:16 p.m.

vnc4 vulnerabilities

2021-03-1520:16:26
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7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.079 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.2%

USN-2500-1 addressed CVE-2015-0255 for xorg-server. This update provides
the corresponding fix for VNC4 on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
(CVE-2015-0255)

USN-2726-1 addressed CVE-2015-1283 for Expat. This update provides the
corresponding fix for VNC4 on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
(CVE-2015-1283)

Original advisory details:

Olivier Fourdan discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled
XkbSetGeometry requests resulting in an information leak. An attacker able
to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue
to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0255)

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a
user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a
crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1283)

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.079 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.2%