CVE - CVE-2011-1775

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1775	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:44939 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44939 MISC:47738 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47738 MISC:FEDORA-2011-6838 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060567.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0871 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0871.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110506 CVE request: tigervnc URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/06/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20110509 Re: CVE request: tigervnc URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/7 MISC:[tigervnc-devel] 20110504 Re: potential vulnerability in TLS secType? URL:http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01345.html MISC:[tigervnc-devel] 20110504 potential vulnerability in TLS secType? URL:http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01342.html MISC:[tigervnc-devel] 20110505 Re: potential vulnerability in TLS secType? URL:http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01347.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110419	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110419)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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