CVE-2018-20021

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20021
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-19 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-23 13:15:00 UTC
DescriptionLibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libvnc Project Libvncserver All All All All
Application Libvnc Project Libvncserver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2045-1] tightvnc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-3877-1: LibVNCServer vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4547-1: iTALC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2016-1] ssvnc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4547-2: SSVNC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4587-1: iTALC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4383-1 libvncserver DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1617-1] libvncserver security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
KLCERT-18-031: LibVNC Infinite Loop | Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT MISC ics-cert.kaspersky.com Third Party Advisory
ssvnc: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
LibVNCServer: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710154 Gentoo Linux LibVNCServer Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-05)
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