CVE-2020-29074 - OpenCVE

scan.c in x11vnc 0.9.16 uses IPC_CREAT|0777 in shmget calls, which allows access by actors other than the current user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
X11vnc Project	X11vnc

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:x11vnc_project:x11vnc:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/commit/69eeb9f7baa14ca03b16c9de821f9876def7a36a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2FLWSVH32O6JXLRQBYDQLP7XRSTLUPQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MHVXHZE3YIP4RTWGQ24IDBSW44XPRDOC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZL6NQTNK5PT63D2JX5YVV5OLUL76S5C/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4799

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-11-25T22:06:36

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:48:01.533Z

Reserved: 2020-11-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-29074

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-25T23:15:11.300

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:21:25.960

Link: CVE-2020-29074

Redhat

No data.

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