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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201702-24">
<title>LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in
LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient, the worst of which allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code when connecting to a malicious server.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libvncserver</product>
<announced>2017-02-20</announced>
<revised count="1">2017-02-20</revised>
<bug>605326</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-libs/libvncserver" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.9.11</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.9.11</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient are cross-platform C libraries that allow you
to easily implement VNC server or client functionality in your program.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in LibVNCServer and
LibVNCClient. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious VNC
server or leverage Man-in-the-Middle attacks to cause the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running a VNC client
linked against LibVNCClient.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient users should upgrade to the latest
version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libvncserver-0.9.11"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9941">CVE-2016-9941</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9942">CVE-2016-9942</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-02-05T22:55:00Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-02-20T23:45:56Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>