server.c in Neat VNC (aka neatvnc) before 0.8.1 does not properly validate the security type, a related issue to CVE-2006-2369.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - server.c in Neat VNC (aka neatvnc) before 0.8.1 does not properly validate the security type, a related
    issue to CVE-2006-2369. (CVE-2024-42458)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - server.c in Neat VNC (aka neatvnc) before 0.8.1 does not properly validate the security type, a related     issue to CVE-2006-2369. (CVE-2024-42458)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-7250fa4a78 advisory.

    new version RHBZ #2302449,2302450

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-1fbf7f22e0 advisory.

    new version RHBZ #2302449,2302450

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
426049	Alpine: multiple neatvnc packages: security update to 0.8.1-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
426049	Alpine: multiple neatvnc packages: security update to 0.8.1-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
229307	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-42458	Nessus	Misc.	critical
205377	Fedora 39 : neatvnc (2024-7250fa4a78)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
205375	Fedora 40 : neatvnc (2024-1fbf7f22e0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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