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RealVNC Information Disclosure Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15742
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Release Date:
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2005-06-20
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Popularity:
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10,583 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | RealVNC 4.x
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Description:
class101 has reported a weakness in RealVNC, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of various system information.
The weakness is caused due to different versions responding differently to requests. This can be exploited to disclose the edition of RealVNC that is running and the OS (Operating System) type.
Solution:
Filter incoming VNC traffic at the firewall.
Provided and/or discovered by:
class101
Original Advisory:
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-June/051336.html
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