VNC Server Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

BID:854

Info

VNC Server Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 854
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 01 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 01 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Conde Vampiro of Roses Labs. http://www.roses-labs.com/
Vulnerable: AT&T VNC 3.3 .x
- BSDI BSD/OS 3.0
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.5
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Linux kernel 2.2
- Linux kernel 2.1
- Linux kernel 2.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4 x86
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.3
- SCO Open Server 5.0
- SGI IRIX 6.2
- Sun SunOS 4.1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

VNC Server Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

VNC Server Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

VNC Server Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

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