CVE-2011-1775 (GCVE-0-2011-1775)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-05-26 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:37
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Summary
The CSecurityTLS::processMsg function in common/rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx in the vncviewer component in TigerVNC 1.1beta1 does not properly verify the server's X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a TLS VNC server via an arbitrary certificate.
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CWE
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2011-05-04 00:00
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