Bug 1849877 (CVE-2019-20839) - CVE-2019-20839 libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock()
Summary: CVE-2019-20839 libvncserver: buffer overflow in ConnectClientToUnixSock()
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-20839
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1849878 1849879 1851032 1851033
Blocks: 1849880
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-06-23 06:25 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2021-05-18 15:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 14:34:21 UTC
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Description Marian Rehak 2020-06-23 06:25:19 UTC 
libvncclient/sockets.c in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13 has a buffer overflow via a long socket filename.

Upstream Reference:

https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/3fd03977c9b35800d73a865f167338cb4d05b0c1
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2020-06-23 06:25:41 UTC 
Created libvncserver tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1849879]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1849878]
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2020-06-25 13:16:07 UTC 
Statement:

This is only an issue if the "ConnectClientToUnixSock()" function is used directly with an overly long socket name. It's more common that the "ConnectToRFBServer()" function is used, which would prevent exploiting this flaw as it performs additional checks. Additionally, the buffer overflow is caught by compiled-in buffer overflow checks, limiting the impact to a crash.
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-05-18 14:34:21 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-20839
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:16:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:1811 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1811
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