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FKIE_CVE-2014-6055

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-30 16:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:12
Severity
Summary
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the File Transfer feature in rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long file or (2) directory name or the (3) FileTime attribute in a rfbFileTransferOffer message.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/61506
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2eIssue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtIssue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2eIssue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtIssue Tracking, Patch

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