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CVE-2006-2450
auth.c in LibVNCServer 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication...
Vulnerability Description
auth.c in LibVNCServer 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request in which the client specifies an insecure security type such as "Type 1 - None", which is accepted even if it is not offered by the server, a different issue than CVE-2006-2369.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=376824
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24525
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21349
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-05.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-19.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431724&group_id=32584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21393
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-12.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21405
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18977
- http://libvncserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/libvncserver/libvncserver/libvncserver/auth.c?r1=1.11&r2=1.14&diff_format=u
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442986/100/0/threaded
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/29
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.7.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 14th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.