USN-9089-1

It was discovered that x11vnc created shared memory segments with insecure permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or modify screen contents.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / x11vnc

Package

Name: x11vnc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/x11vnc?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.16-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.13-6

0.9.16-3

0.9.16-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "x11vnc",
            "binary_version": "0.9.16-3ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2020-29074",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-9089-1.json"