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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1716-1 (vnc4)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to vnc4 announced via advisory DSA 1716-1.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that xvnc4viewer, a virtual network computing client software for X, is prone to an integer overflow via a malicious encoding value that could lead to arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1+X4.3.0-21+etch1. For the unstable (sid) distribution this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1+X4.3.0-31. For the testing (lenny) distribution this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your vnc4 packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201716-1

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