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Posted on 05 January 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3753-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond
January 05, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libvncserver
CVE ID : CVE-2016-9941 CVE-2016-9942
Debian Bug : 850007 850008
It was discovered that libvncserver, a collection of libraries used to
implement VNC/RFB clients and servers, incorrectly processed incoming
network packets. This resulted in several heap-based buffer overflows,
allowing a rogue server to either cause a DoS by crashing the client,
or potentially execute arbitrary code on the client side.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u2.
For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems have been fixed in version 0.9.11+dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libvncserver packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
