SB2020101313 - MitM attack in TigerVNC
Published: October 13, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020101313
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26117)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper TLS certificate validation in rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC. Any previously accepted certificate will be considered trusted, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176733
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/20dea801e747318525a5859fe4f37c52b05310cb
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/7399eab79a4365434d26494fa1628ce1eb91562b
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/b30f10c681ec87720cff85d490f67098568a9cba
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/f029745f63ac7d22fb91639b2cb5b3ab56134d6e
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.11.0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00007.html