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RealVNC Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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SA20107

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Release Date:

2006-05-15

Last Update:

2006-07-20

Popularity:

79,851 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

Security Bypass

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

RealVNC 4.x

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Solution:
Update to Free Edition version 4.1.2 or Personal Edition/Enterprise Edition version 4.2.3.
http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Steve Wiseman

Changelog:
2006-05-17: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2006-07-20: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
RealVNC:
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/release-notes.html
http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal/4.2/release-notes.html
http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.2/release-notes.html

IntelliAdmin:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/security-flaw-in-realvnc-411.html
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/vnc-flaw-proof-of-concept.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#117929:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/117929

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