CVE-2020-14398

NameCVE-2020-14398
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. An improperly closed TCP connection causes an infinite loop in libvncclient/sockets.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvncserver (PTS)buster0.9.11+dfsg-1.3+deb10u4vulnerable
buster (security)0.9.11+dfsg-1.3+deb10u5vulnerable
bullseye0.9.13+dfsg-2+deb11u1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm0.9.14+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvncserversource(unstable)0.9.13+dfsg-1

Notes

[buster] - libvncserver <ignored> (Proposed patch might break ABI for consumers)
[stretch] - libvncserver <ignored> (Proposed patch might break ABI for consumers)
[jessie] - libvncserver <ignored> (Proposed patch might break ABI for consumers)
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/57433015f856cc12753378254ce4f1c78f5d9c7b

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