CVE-2016-10207

Summary

CVECVE-2016-10207
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-28 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-02-01 17:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Xvnc server in TigerVNC allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) by terminating a TLS handshake early.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 0.0.90 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 0.0.91 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.0 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.0.1 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.1.0 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.3 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.3.1 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.7 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 0.0.90 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 0.0.91 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.0 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.0.1 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.1.0 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.3 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.3.1 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc 1.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
TigerVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request tigervnc: vnc server can crash when TLS handshake terminates early MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
TigerVNC CVE-2016-10207 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2017:0444-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Proper global init/deinit of GnuTLS · TigerVNC/tigervnc@8aa4bc5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request tigervnc: vnc server can crash when TLS handshake terminates early MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1023012 – VUL-0: CVE-2016-10207: tigervnc: crash when TLS handshake terminates early CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710213 Gentoo Linux TigerVNC Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-13)
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