QID 242825

Date Published: 2024-02-07

QID 242825: Red Hat Update for tigervnc (RHSA-2024:0629)

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: heap buffer overflow in devicefocusevent and procxiquerypointer (cve-2023-6816).
    Xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (cve-2024-0229).
    Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in xisenddevicehierarchyevent (cve-2024-21885).
    Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in disabledevice (cve-2024-21886).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux server 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux workstation 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux desktop 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 7 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, big endian 7 ppc64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for scientific computing 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 7 ppc64le.
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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 - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2024:0629 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 242825

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2024:0629 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629