GLSA 202006-06: ssvnc: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ssvnc: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/13/2020
Bugs:	#701820
ID:	202006-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ssvnc, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

The Enhanced TightVNC Viewer, SSVNC, adds encryption security to VNC connections.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/ssvnc	<= 1.0.29-r2		All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ssvnc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for ssvnc. We recommend that users unmerge ssvnc:

      # emerge --unmerge "net-misc/ssvnc"

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining ssvnc have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update ssvnc at a later date. An alternative may be a manual SSH tunnel.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202006-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.