news 28 Posted February 11, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: vnc security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0261-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0261.html Issue date: 2009-02-11 CVE Names: CVE-2008-4770 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated vnc packages to correct a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows you to view a computer's "desktop" environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. An insufficient input validation flaw was discovered in the VNC client application, vncviewer. If an attacker could convince a victim to connect to a malicious VNC server, or when an attacker was able to connect to vncviewer running in the "listen" mode, the attacker could cause the victim's vncviewer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-4770) Users of vncviewer should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. For the update to take effect, all running instances of vncviewer must be restarted after the update is installed. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 471777 - VNC Free Edition 4.1.3 fixes a possible security vulnerability only present in the listening viewer. VNC Server is not compromised. 480590 - CVE-2008-4770 vnc: vncviewer insufficient encoding value validation in CMsgReader::readRect 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm ppc: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ppc.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ppc.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ppc.rpm s390: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390.rpm s390x: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390x.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390x.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390x.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ppc: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm s390: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390.rpm s390x: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.src.rpm i386: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.i386.rpm ia64: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm ppc: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm s390x: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-debuginfo-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4770 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJkwXzXlSAg2UNWIIRApG1AKClL7LyNAPkzTbLbqNor4QWYTcpNACfZWdm 1Uf/6GYcBMQvF+tw16RXe3A= =kZFh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
