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CVE-2006-2369 Detail

Current Description

RealVNC 4.1.1, and other products that use RealVNC such as AdderLink IP and Cisco CallManager, 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, as originally demonstrated using a long password.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/15/2006
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides unauthorized access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/16/2006)

This issue only affected version 4.1.1 and not the versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=114768344111131&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vnc-list&m=114755444130188&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8355
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016083 Exploit Patch
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060622-cmm.shtml
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/security-flaw-in-realvnc-411.html
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/vnc-flaw-proof-of-concept.html Exploit Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/117929 Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/release-notes.html Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433994/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434015/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434117/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434518/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434560/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438175/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438368/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17978 Exploit Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1790 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1821 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2492 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26445

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:vnc:realvnc:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2369
NVD Published Date:
05/15/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018