RHSA-2024:0597: Important: tigervnc security update

Published Jan 30, 2024
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Important: tigervnc security update

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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: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (CVE-2023-6816) xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (CVE-2024-0229) xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (CVE-2024-21885) xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (CVE-2024-21886) 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.

— Red Hat

Affected Software

42 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/tigervnc<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debugsource<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-icons<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-license<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-selinux<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debugsource<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-debugsource<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
redhat/tigervnc<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-debugsource<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server-module<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo<1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-icons to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-license to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-selinux to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-module to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-module to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7.aa
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade xorg-x11-server to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2024-21886
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade xorg-x11-server to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2024-21885
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade xorg-x11-server to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2024-0229
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade TigerVNC to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2023-6816

Event History

Jan 30, 2024
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·01:42 PM
Feb 28, 2026
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·08:56 PM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·08:56 PM
RemedyDescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of RHSA-2024:0597?

The severity of RHSA-2024:0597 is classified as Important, indicating a significant impact on security.

2

How do I fix RHSA-2024:0597?

To fix RHSA-2024:0597, update the tigervnc packages to version 1.12.0-15.el8_8.7 or later.

3

Which software packages are affected by RHSA-2024:0597?

The affected software packages include tigervnc, tigervnc-server, tigervnc-debuginfo, and several others from Red Hat.

4

What platforms are impacted by RHSA-2024:0597?

RHSA-2024:0597 affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux for various architectures including x86_64 and Power.

5

Is there a risk of data exposure with RHSA-2024:0597?

Yes, the vulnerabilities addressed in RHSA-2024:0597 may expose sensitive data if not patched promptly.

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