Security update for tigervnc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for tigervnc
- Fixed integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in
screen size handling. (CVE-2014-8240)
- Send correctly keys that don't type any characters, such as CTRL+Space.
(bnc#906922)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1592-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #900896 #906922 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for tigervnc provides the following fixes:- Fixed integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in
screen size handling. (CVE-2014-8240)
- Send correctly keys that don't type any characters, such as CTRL+Space.
(bnc#906922)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-101 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-101
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- tigervnc-1.3.0-22.3
- tigervnc-debuginfo-1.3.0-22.3
- tigervnc-debugsource-1.3.0-22.3
- xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.3.0-22.3
- xorg-x11-Xvnc-debuginfo-1.3.0-22.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- tigervnc-1.3.0-22.3
- tigervnc-debuginfo-1.3.0-22.3
- tigervnc-debugsource-1.3.0-22.3
- xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.3.0-22.3
- xorg-x11-Xvnc-debuginfo-1.3.0-22.3
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8240.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900896
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906922