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Fedora Core 4 : vnc-4.1.1-10.1.fc4 (2006-557)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24107

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

Security update: by altering a client it was possible to bypass password authentication in vnc.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected vnc, vnc-debuginfo and / or vnc-server packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c7c1775

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24107

File Name: fedora_2006-557.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vnc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vnc-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2006

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2006-557