Bug 1151312 – CVE-2014-8241 tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion

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Bug 1151312 - (CVE-2014-8241) CVE-2014-8241 tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion

Summary:	CVE-2014-8241 tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-8241

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1248422
Blocks:	1210268 1248061
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Reported:	2014-10-10 01:48 EDT by Siddharth Sharma
Modified:	2016-10-17 04:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in TigerVNC's XRegion. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash.
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Last Closed:	2015-11-20 00:29:56 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
tigervnc-CVE-2014-8241.patch (proposed RHEL-7.1 patch) (4.00 KB, patch) 2014-10-13 12:59 EDT, Tim Waugh	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2233	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: tigervnc security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-11-19 04:11:46 EST

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Description Siddharth Sharma 2014-10-10 01:48:30 EDT

This issue was discovered by Tim Waugh of Red Hat. Tigervnc is affected by same thing as in CVE-2014-6052. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was reported in tigervnc. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash.

Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2014-10-13 12:59:54 EDT

Created attachment 946490 [details]
tigervnc-CVE-2014-8241.patch (proposed RHEL-7.1 patch)

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 04:03:24 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2233 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html

Comment 10 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-11-20 00:29:56 EST

Statement:

This issue affects the version of tigervnc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

Comment 11 Salvatore Bonaccorso 2016-10-16 07:35:21 EDT

Hi Tim

Would it be possible to make the patch as applied in Red Hat public?

Regards,
Salvatore

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