Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2146-1 libvncserver -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
18 Mar 2020
Affected Packages:
libvncserver
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 954163.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-15690.
More information:

In libvncserver, through libvncclient/cursor.c, there is a possibility of a heap overflow, as reported by Pavel Cheremushkin.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS