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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69709
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-6838 (tigervnc)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to tigervnc
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-6838.

Update Information:

This update fixes following issue:

* vncviewer could have sent user password to VNC server without proper validation of the server's X.509 certificate when secure X.509 authentication was requested (CVE-2011-1775)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #702672 - tigervnc: vncviewer can send password to server without proper validation of the X.509 certificate [fedora-15]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update tigervnc' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2011-6838

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1775
44939
http://secunia.com/advisories/44939
47738
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47738
FEDORA-2011-6838
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060567.html
RHSA-2011:0871
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0871.html
[oss-security] 20110506 CVE request: tigervnc
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/06/2
[oss-security] 20110509 Re: CVE request: tigervnc
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/7
[tigervnc-devel] 20110504 Re: potential vulnerability in TLS secType?
http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01345.html
[tigervnc-devel] 20110504 potential vulnerability in TLS secType?
http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01342.html
[tigervnc-devel] 20110505 Re: potential vulnerability in TLS secType?
http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01347.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672
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