Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-12 (x11vnc)
🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
| bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
| gentoo | www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-05.xml |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57862");
script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2450");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-12 (x11vnc)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"VNC servers created with x11vnc accept insecure protocol types, even when
the server does not offer it, resulting in the possibility of unauthorized
access to the server.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All x11vnc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/x11vnc-0.8.1'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200608-12");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142559");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-05.xml");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200608-12.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"x11-misc/x11vnc", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.8.1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.8.1"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.04363