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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-16 |
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PACKAGE : vnc |
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SUMMARY : insecure cookie generation |
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DATE : 2003-02-24 11:35 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.3.6-r1 |
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FIXED VERSION : 3.3.6-r1 |
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- From Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:041-12: |
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"The VNC server acts as an X server, but the script for starting it |
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generates an MIT X cookie (which is used for X authentication) without |
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using a strong enough random number generator. This could allow an |
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attacker to be able to more easily guess the authentication cookie." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-misc/vnc upgrade to vnc-3.3.6-r1 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u vnc |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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