Upstream information

CVE-2024-42458 at MITRE

Description

server.c in Neat VNC (aka neatvnc) before 0.8.1 does not properly validate the security type, a related issue to CVE-2006-2369.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1228777 [IN_PROGRESS]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6
  • libneatvnc0 >= 0.9.2-bp156.3.3.1
  • neatvnc-devel >= 0.9.2-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2025-16
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • libneatvnc0 >= 0.9.2-bp156.3.3.1
  • neatvnc-devel >= 0.9.2-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2025-16
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libneatvnc0 >= 0.8.1-1.1
  • neatvnc-devel >= 0.8.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14238

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 neatvnc Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 2 08:00:15 2024
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 17:38:58 2025