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RealVNC Multiple Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13143
Release Date: 2004-11-09
Last Update: 2005-02-28
Popularity: 11,760 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:RealVNC 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in RealVNC, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the connection handling and can be exploited by establishing around 100 connections to port 5800/tcp or port 5900/tcp.

Successful exploitation prevents further connections from being established.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 4.0 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected.

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