CVE-2019-15680

Published: 29 October 2019

TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains null pointer dereference in HandleZlibBPP function, which results Denial of System (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity.

From the Ubuntu security team

Pavel Cheremushkin discovered that TightVNC has a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker could use it to cause a Denial of Service or possible a remote code execution.

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

Package Release Status
libvncserver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Not vulnerable
(0.9.13+dfsg-1)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Released (0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Released (0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)
Released (0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

Patches:
Upstream: https://github.com/sunweaver/libvncserver/commit/85d00057b5daf71675462c9b175d8cb2d47cd0e1
ssvnc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Needs triage

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Needs triage

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

tightvnc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Needs triage

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Needs triage

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

veyon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Needs triage

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Does not exist

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) Does not exist

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

vncsnapshot
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Needs triage

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Needs triage

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

x11vnc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Needs triage

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Needs triage

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Needs triage

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur 
per upstream, this is a non-issue in libvncserver as checks are
already done in zlib, see:
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/359#issuecomment-599133529
for completeness, the fix was added to focal and earlier
releases, but will not be added to groovy+

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