RHSA-2024:9901HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update

Published
November 18, 2024
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-9632 →

📋 Description

CVE-2024-9632 — xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability

🎯 Affected products28

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-icons-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-license-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-applet-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-minimal-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-minimal-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-minimal-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-minimal-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-module-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-module-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • tigervnc-server-module-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

🔗 References (4)