Upstream information

CVE-2018-7225 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1081493 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1090647 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • libvncserver >= 0.9.9-12.el7_5
  • libvncserver-devel >= 0.9.9-12.el7_5
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2018:1055
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.1-160.3.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-LibVNCServer-13550
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-554
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-554
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.9-17.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-4.9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-4.9.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-4.14.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.10-4.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-4.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-4.25.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.10-4.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-4.25.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4
  • libvncclient1 >= 0.9.13-150400.1.9
  • libvncserver1 >= 0.9.13-150400.1.9
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 GA libvncclient1-0.9.13-150400.1.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-2.21
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-2.21
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.14.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA libvncclient0-0.9.9-17.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • LibVNCServer >= 0.9.1-160.3.1
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.1-160.3.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-LibVNCServer-13550
slessp4-LibVNCServer-13550
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-554
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-554
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-554
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-554
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libvncclient0-0.9.9-17.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.9-17.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.14.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA libvncclient0-0.9.9-17.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA LibVNCServer-0.9.9-17.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.9-17.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
  • libvncserver0 >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-554
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.9-17.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA LibVNCServer-0.9.9-17.14.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.9-17.14.1
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-lp150.2.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-lp150.2.3
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-lp152.8.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-lp152.8.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • libvncclient0 >= 0.9.10-bp153.2.18
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA libvncclient0-0.9.10-4.25.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • libvncclient1 >= 0.9.13-150400.1.9
  • libvncserver1 >= 0.9.13-150400.1.9
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA libvncclient1-0.9.13-150400.1.9
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • LibVNCServer-devel >= 0.9.13-3.1
  • libvncclient1 >= 0.9.13-3.1
  • libvncserver1 >= 0.9.13-3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10598

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 LibVNCServer Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 LibVNCServer Affected
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 tigervnc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP1 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS tightvnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS LibVNCServer Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 LibVNCServer Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 LibVNCServer Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tigervnc Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 LibVNCServer Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 LibVNCServer Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4 LibVNCServer Already fixed
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security LibVNCServer Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Feb 19 08:00:21 2018
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 8 18:19:22 2024