CVE-2013-5745
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1 · Improper input validation
7.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
The vino_server_client_data_pending function in vino-server.c in GNOME Vino 2.26.1, 2.32.1, 3.7.3, and earlier, and 3.8 when encryption is disabled, does not properly clear client data when an error causes the connection to close during authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, CPU and disk consumption) via multiple crafted requests during authentication.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55090Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1980-1Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641811Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707905Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1452.html
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-028.txt