TigerVNC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

TigerVNC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code A buffer overflow in TigerVNC could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. tigervnc November 05, 2014 November 05, 2014: 1 505170 remote 1.3.1 1.3.1

TigerVNC is a high-performance VNC server/client.

Two boundary errors in TigerVNC could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious VNC server using TigerVNC, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All TigerVNC users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tigervnc-1.3.1"

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