Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4221-1 libvncserver -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 08 Jun 2018
- Affected Packages:
- libvncserver
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-7225.
- More information:
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Alexander Peslyak discovered that insufficient input sanitising of RFB packets in LibVNCServer could result in the disclosure of memory contents.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.
For the detailed security status of libvncserver please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libvncserver