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Medium ALAS2-2026-3247 2 CVEs

Moderate: libvncserver security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Apr 13, 2026 · Updated Apr 13, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-32854: LibVNCServer versions 0.9.15 and prior (fixed in commit dc78dee) contain null pointer dereference vulnerabilities in the HTTP proxy handlers within httpProcessInput() in httpd.c that allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted HTTP requests. Attackers can exploit missing validation of strchr() return values in the CONNECT and GET proxy handling paths to trigger null pointer dereferences and crash the server when httpd and proxy features are enabled. CVE-2026-32853: LibVNCServer versions 0.9.15 and prior (fixed in commit 009008e) contain a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the UltraZip encoding handler that allows a malicious VNC server to cause information disclosure or application crash. Attackers can exploit improper bounds checking in the HandleUltraZipBPP() function by manipulating subrectangle header counts to read beyond the allocated heap buffer.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libvncserver 0:0.9.9-14.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libvncserver-debuginfo 0:0.9.9-14.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libvncserver-devel 0:0.9.9-14.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 6.9

    LibVNCServer UltraZip Encoding Heap Out-of-bounds Read

    LibVNCServer versions 0.9.15 and prior (fixed in commit 009008e) contain a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the UltraZip encoding handler that allows a malicious VNC server to cause information disclosure or application crash. Attackers can exploit im…

  • Medium 6.3

    LibVNCServer httpd proxy NULL Pointer Dereference

    LibVNCServer versions 0.9.15 and prior (fixed in commit dc78dee) contain null pointer dereference vulnerabilities in the HTTP proxy handlers within httpProcessInput() in httpd.c that allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending specially cra…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-32853.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-32854.html