CVE-2006-2450

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2450
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-07-18 15:40:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-13 18:15:00 UTC
Descriptionauth.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libvncserver Libvncserver 0.7.1 All All All
Application Libvncserver Libvncserver 0.7.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- x11vnc: Authentication bypass in included LibVNCServer code GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for libvncserver - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Full Disclosure: some details regarding CVE-2022-24422 / iDRAC VNC authentication FULLDISC seclists.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- LibVNCServer: Authentication bypass GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for x11vnc SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Gentoo update for ltsp - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - x11vnc Authentication Bypass Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
LibVNCServer Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - LibVNCServer Authentication Bypass Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
#376824 - libvncserver: authentication bypass [CVE-2006-2450] - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Patch
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- LTSP: Authentication bypass in included LibVNCServer code GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SourceForge.net: LibVNCServer: Files CONFIRM sourceforge.net Patch
CVS Info for project libvncserver CONFIRM libvncserver.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-24Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of LibVNCServer as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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