Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	22372
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2007-0756
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 02 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit:	Poplix <[email protected]> discovered this issue.
Vulnerable:	Chicken of the VNC Chicken of the VNC 2.0 b4
Not Vulnerable:

Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Chicken of the VNC is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle malformed server-supplied content.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to crash affected client applications.

Chicken of the VNC 2.0b4 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/22372.php

Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in the latest CVS repository. Contact the vendor for details on obtaining the appropriate updates.

Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Chicken of the VNC Home Page (Chicken of the VNC)
  
• Chicken of the VNC 2.0 remote DoS ([email protected])
  
• Re: Chicken of the VNC 2.0 remote DoS ([email protected])