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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xml

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