full-disclosure - RealVNC 4.1.1 Remote Compromise

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Date: Mon May 15 17:44:31 2006
From: michael.holstein at csuohio.edu (Michael Holstein)
Subject: RealVNC 4.1.1 Remote Compromise

> So what can be done about this exploit?  Does 4.1.2 protect against this
> vulnerability?  And what other mitigation procedures are available for
> this?

Well, VNC hasn't exactly been legendary for security .. but if you do 
run it, one safe(er) way to do so is bind VNC to localhost, and use sshd 
and port-redirection to access it.

Of course, then you've got to pay attention to patches in OpenSSH, but 
that's got a better track record, and allows you to do RSA auth, etc.

Cheers,

Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA
Cleveland State University