QID 241178

Date Published: 2023-02-09

QID 241178: Red Hat Update for tigervnc (RHSA-2023:0662)

Virtual network computing (vnc) is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
Tigervnc is a suite of vnc servers and clients...Security Fix(es):

    xorg-x11-server: deepcopypointerclasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (cve-2023-0494).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:0662 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 241178

    CVE-2023-0494 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:0662 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0662
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