GLSA-202411-01 : Neat VNC: Authentication Bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 210396

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202411-01 (Neat VNC: Authentication Bypass)

Neat VNC allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request in which the client specifies an insecure security type such as Type 1 - None, which is accepted even if it is not offered by the server, as originally demonstrated using a long password.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Neat VNC users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=gui-libs/neatvnc-0.8.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210396

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202411-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2024

Updated: 11/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:neatvnc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2024

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