| Name | CVE-2014-6055 |
| Description | Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the File Transfer feature in rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long file or (2) directory name or the (3) FileTime attribute in a rfbFileTransferOffer message. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-197-1, DLA-1979-1, DSA-3081-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 762745 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| italc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| libvncserver (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u8 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u6 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 0.9.13+dfsg-2+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.9.14+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| italc | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| italc | source | jessie | 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1 | DLA-1979-1 | ||
| italc | source | (unstable) | 1:3.0.1+dfsg1-1 | |||
| libvncserver | source | squeeze | 0.9.7-2+deb6u1 | DLA-197-1 | ||
| libvncserver | source | wheezy | 0.9.9+dfsg-1+deb7u1 | DSA-3081-1 | ||
| libvncserver | source | (unstable) | 0.9.9+dfsg-6.1 | 762745 |
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2e
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/256964b884c980038cd8b2f0d180fbb295b1c748 (improvement)
check for possible ABI break: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144293#c2