Bug 1438703 (CVE-2017-7396)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7396 tigervnc: SecurityServer and ClientServer memory leaks
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bphinz, jgrulich, slawomir, twaugh
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A memory leak flaw was found in the way TigerVNC handled client connections. A remote unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly send connection requests to the Xvnc server, causing it to consume large amounts of memory resources over time, and ultimately leading to a denial of service due to memory exhaustion.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1438704
Bug Blocks:	1415638, 1438705

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-04 08:50:24 UTC

In TigerVNC (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server. 

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436/commits/dccb5f7d776e93863ae10bbff56a45c523c6eeb0

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-04 08:54:49 UTC

Created tigervnc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1438704]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 20:52:02 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2000 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2000