Summary
The remote host is missing an update to vnc4
announced via advisory DSA 1716-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201716-1
Insight
It was discovered that xvnc4viewer, a virtual network computing client software for X, is prone to an integer overflow via a malicious encoding value that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1+X4.3.0-21+etch1.
For the unstable (sid) distribution this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1+X4.3.0-31.
For the testing (lenny) distribution this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your vnc4 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4770 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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