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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57862
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-12 (x11vnc)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200608-12.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200608-12.

Vulnerability Insight:
VNC servers created with x11vnc accept insecure protocol types, even when
the server does not offer it, resulting in the possibility of unauthorized
access to the server.

Solution:
All x11vnc users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/x11vnc-0.8.1'

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2450
18977
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18977
20060811 Re: [ GLSA 200608-12 ] x11vnc: Authentication bypass in included LibVNCServer code
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442986/100/0/threaded
20220513 some details regarding CVE-2022-24422 / iDRAC VNC authentication
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/29
20940
http://secunia.com/advisories/20940
21179
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
21349
http://secunia.com/advisories/21349
21393
http://secunia.com/advisories/21393
21405
http://secunia.com/advisories/21405
24525
http://secunia.com/advisories/24525
ADV-2006-2797
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2797
GLSA-200608-05
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-05.xml
GLSA-200608-12
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-12.xml
GLSA-200703-19
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-19.xml
SUSE-SA:2006:042
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=376824
http://libvncserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/libvncserver/libvncserver/libvncserver/auth.c?r1=1.11&r2=1.14&diff_format=u
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431724&group_id=32584
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