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RealVNC Remote Authentication Bypass and Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Title : RealVNC Remote Authentication Bypass and Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1790
CVE ID : CVE-2006-2369
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-05-12

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in RealVNC, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system [...]

Solution

Upgrade to RealVNC Free Edition 4.1.2, Personal Edition 4.2.3, or Enterprise Edition 4.2.3 :
http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Steve Wiseman

ChangeLog

2006-05-12 : Initial release

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