medium5.8
CVE-2011-1775
The CSecurityTLS::processMsg function in common/rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx in the vncviewer component in TigerVNC 1.1beta1 does not properly verify the server's X.50…
Impact
The CSecurityTLS::processMsg function in common/rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx in the vncviewer component in TigerVNC 1.1beta1 does not properly verify the server's X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a TLS VNC server via an arbitrary certificate.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tigervnc | Tigervnc | Version 1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060567.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/06/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44939
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01342.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01345.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01347.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0871.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47738
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060567.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/06/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44939
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01342.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01345.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01347.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0871.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47738
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672