Summary
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing 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. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients.
Security Fix(es):
* xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (CVE-2023-0494)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-icons | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-license | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-selinux | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-server | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-server-minimal | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | tigervnc-server-module | 1.12.0-9.el8_7.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be e…