RealVNC 4.1.1 vulnerability
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  1. May 12th, 2006, 10:42 PM #1
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    Exclamation RealVNC 4.1.1 vulnerability

    RealVNC 4.1.1 has a tiny little flaw that allows anyone to connect to your machine without knowing the password. Oops.

    http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/200...alvnc-411.html

    If anyone is running RealVNC to allow remote access, update to 4.1.2 now.

    http://www.realvnc.com/

    TightVNC and UltraVNC appear to be unaffected.
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  2. May 13th, 2006, 06:06 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuttle
    RealVNC 4.1.1 has a tiny little flaw that allows anyone to connect to your machine without knowing the password.
    Sheesh!
    Quote Originally Posted by Tuttle
    Oops.
    You got that right.

    Thanks Tuttle. (Know someone that uses it regularly).
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