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Secunia Security Advisory 20940

Secunia Security Advisory 20940
Posted Jul 14, 2006
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in LibVNCServer, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

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Secunia Security Advisory 20940

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TITLE:
LibVNCServer Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20940

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20940/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
LibVNCServer 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/10909/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in LibVNCServer, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
VNC authentication requests. This can be exploited to bypass
authentication and may allow access to the functionality of an
application using the vulnerable library.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ludwig Nussel

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=376824

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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