PT-2017-17706 · Tigervnc+3 · Tigervnc+3

Michalsrb · Published 2017-04-01 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7396

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TigerVNC version 1.7.1

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated client to cause a small memory leak in the server. This occurs in the CConnection::CConnection function within the CConnection.cxx file.

Recommendations For TigerVNC version 1.7.1, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using an outdated version may pose a risk due to the memory leak. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CESA-2017_2000

CVE-2017-7396

RHSA-2017:2000

RHSA-2017_2000

SUSE-SU-2017:1093-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1094-1

Affected Products

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Tigervnc

References · 31

• https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436/commits/dccb5f7d776e93863ae10bbff56a45c523c6eeb0 · Patch
• https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436 · Patch
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-2000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7396 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1093-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1094-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7396 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7393 · Note