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Bug 255225 (CVE-2008-4770) - net-misc/vnc >4.0 <4.1.2 CMsgReader::readRect arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-4770)
Summary: net-misc/vnc >4.0 <4.1.2 CMsgReader::readRect arbitrary code execution (CVE-2...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2008-4770
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326...
Whiteboard: B2 [glsa]
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Reported: 2009-01-17 00:21 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified: 2009-03-09 13:58 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2009-01-17 00:21:55 UTC 
CVE-2008-4770 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4770):
  The CMsgReader::readRect function in the VNC Viewer component in
  RealVNC VNC Free Edition 4.0 through 4.1.2, Enterprise Edition E4.0
  through E4.4.2, and Personal Edition P4.0 through P4.4.2 allows
  remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RFB protocol
  data, related to "encoding type."
Comment 1 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-17 14:13:49 UTC 
I think i had a look when 4.1.3 got out and i only saw changes on windows files, but i could be wrong, i'll have a look again.
Comment 2 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-17 15:56:21 UTC 
Okay, i saw the change, is not windows-only.

Arches, please stabilize:
=net-misc/vnc-4.1.3
Arches: alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sh sparc x86
Comment 3 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-18 11:18:06 UTC 
ppc stable
Comment 4 Markus Meier gentoo-dev 2009-01-18 13:57:28 UTC 
amd64/x86 stable
Comment 5 Tobias Klausmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-18 16:10:09 UTC 
Stable on alpha.
Comment 6 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-19 10:23:41 UTC 
ia64/sh/sparc stable
Comment 7 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-19 12:37:26 UTC 
Stable for HPPA.
Comment 8 Brent Baude (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-19 16:25:53 UTC 
ppc64 done
Comment 9 Tobias Heinlein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-28 00:29:35 UTC 
GLSA request filed.
Comment 10 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-03-09 13:58:35 UTC 
GLSA 200903-17