FS#68930 - [x11vnc] [Security] authentication bypass (CVE-2020-29074)

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Jonas Witschel (diabonas) - Thursday, 10 December 2020, 22:25 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Bermond (Bermond) - Friday, 11 December 2020, 02:51 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Daniel Bermond (Bermond)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary
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The package x11vnc is vulnerable to authentication bypass via CVE-2020-29074.

Guidance
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Applying the commit linked below fixes the issue.

References
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https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1345
https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/commit/69eeb9f7baa14ca03b16c9de821f9876def7a36a
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Closed by  Daniel Bermond (Bermond)
Friday, 11 December 2020, 02:51 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  x11vnc-1:0.9.16-4

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