Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50688
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:022 (vnc)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to vnc announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:022. A vulnerability was discovered in the VNC server script that generates an X cookie, used by X authentication. The script generated a cookie that was not strong enough and allow an attacker to more easily guess the authentication cookie, thus obtaining unauthorized access to the VNC server. Affected versions: 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:022 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1336 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1511 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=102753170201524 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1336 BugTraq ID: 5296 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5296 Bugtraq: 20020724 VNC authentication weakness (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102753170201524&w=2 Bugtraq: 20020726 RE: VNC authentication weakness (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102769183913594&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:640 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000640 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-287.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html XForce ISS Database: vnc-weak-authentication(5992) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5992 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1511 BugTraq ID: 6905 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6905 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLSA-2003:640 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200302-15.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-068.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/56161 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11384.php
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