| Name | CVE-2020-29074 |
| Description | scan.c in x11vnc 0.9.16 uses IPC_CREAT|0777 in shmget calls, which allows access by actors other than the current user. |
| 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-2490-1, DSA-4799-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 975875 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| x11vnc (PTS) | jessie | 0.9.13-1.2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.9.13-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.9.13-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.9.16-7 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.9.16-9 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.9.16-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/commit/69eeb9f7baa14ca03b16c9de821f9876def7a36a