PT-2003-1244 · Tightvnc · Vncserver

Published 2003-03-03 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2002-1511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vncserver versions prior to 3.3.3r2-21

Description The issue is related to the use of the rand() function instead of srand() in the vncserver wrapper, resulting in the generation of weak cookies.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.3r2-21, update to version 3.3.3r2-21 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1511

Affected Products

Vncserver

References · 10

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/56161 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/11384.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-068.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1511 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200302-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:022 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6905 · Note
• http://changelogs.credativ.org/debian/pool/main/v/vnc/vnc_3.3.6-3/changelog · Note