Description
In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.
Published: 2020-09-27
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2396-1 tigervnc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-18747 In rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx and rfb/CSecurityTLS.java in TigerVNC before 1.11.0, viewers mishandle TLS certificate exceptions. They store the certificates as authorities, meaning that the owner of a certificate could impersonate any server after a client had added an exception.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5965-1 TigerVNC vulnerability
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Debian Debian Linux
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Tigervnc Tigervnc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:49:07.161Z

Reserved: 2020-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26117

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-27T04:15:11.650

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:19:16.850

Link: CVE-2020-26117

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-26117 - Bugzilla

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