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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704799
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4799-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'x11vnc' package(s) announced via the DSA-4799-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'x11vnc' package(s) announced via the DSA-4799-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Guenal Davalan reported a flaw in x11vnc, a VNC server to allow remote access to an existing X session. x11vnc creates shared memory segments with 0777 mode. A local attacker can take advantage of this flaw for information disclosure, denial of service or interfering with the VNC session of another user on the host.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.13-6+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your x11vnc packages.

For the detailed security status of x11vnc please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'x11vnc' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-29074
Debian Security Information: DSA-4799 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4799
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZL6NQTNK5PT63D2JX5YVV5OLUL76S5C/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2FLWSVH32O6JXLRQBYDQLP7XRSTLUPQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MHVXHZE3YIP4RTWGQ24IDBSW44XPRDOC/
https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/commit/69eeb9f7baa14ca03b16c9de821f9876def7a36a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00018.html
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