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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880800
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for vnc CESA-2009:0261 centos3 i386
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'vnc'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'vnc'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows you
to view a computer's 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it
is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of
machine architectures.

An insufficient input validation flaw was discovered in the VNC client
application, vncviewer. If an attacker could convince a victim to connect
to a malicious VNC server, or when an attacker was able to connect to
vncviewer running in the 'listen' mode, the attacker could cause the
victim's vncviewer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-4770)

Users of vncviewer should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a backported patch to resolve this issue. For the update to take effect,
all running instances of vncviewer must be restarted after the update is
installed.

Affected Software/OS:
vnc on CentOS 3

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4770
BugTraq ID: 31832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31832
BugTraq ID: 33263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33263
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01025.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xml
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-November/059432.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9367
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0261.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32317
http://secunia.com/advisories/33689
http://secunia.com/advisories/34184
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248526-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2868
XForce ISS Database: realvnc-cmsgreader-code-execution(45969)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45969
XForce ISS Database: realvnc-rfb-protocol-code-execution(47937)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47937
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