66 lines
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66 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200903-17">
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<title>Real VNC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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The Real VNC client is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code when
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connecting to a malicious server.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">vnc</product>
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<announced>March 09, 2009</announced>
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<revised>March 09, 2009: 01</revised>
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<bug>255225</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-misc/vnc" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.1.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.1.3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Real VNC is a remote desktop viewer display system.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered int the
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CMsgReader::readRect() function in the VNC Viewer component, related to
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the encoding type of RFB protocol data.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious VNC
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server, or leverage Man-in-the-Middle attacks, to cause the execution
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of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the VNC
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viewer.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Real VNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/vnc-4.1.3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4770">CVE-2008-4770</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:30:00 +0000">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:35:19 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:35:29 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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