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CERTA-2009-AVI-035

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Une vulnérabilité présente dans VNC Viewer permet à un utilisateur distant d'exécuter du code arbitraire.

Description

Une vulnérabilité est présente dans le client de bureau distant VNC Viewer. Celle-ci est relative à la mise en œuvre du protocole RFB dans VNC Viewer et uniquement dans cette partie cliente. La version serveur n'est pas affectée. L'exploitation de cette faille permet à un utilisateur distant malintentionné d'exécuter du code arbitraire par le biais d'un serveur VNC particulier.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

VNC Viewer versions 4.1.2 et antérieures.

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2008-4770 (GCVE-0-2008-4770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31

Summary

The CMsgReader::readRect function in the VNC Viewer component in RealVNC VNC Free Edition 4.0 through 4.1.2, Enterprise Edition E4.0 through E4.4.2, and Personal Edition P4.0 through P4.4.2 allows remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RFB protocol data, related to "encoding type."

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.realvnc.com/products/upgrade.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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	http://secunia.com/advisories/33689	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://secunia.com/advisories/34184	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31832	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33263	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://secunia.com/advisories/32317	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2868	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
	http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-No…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-02…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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