Re: CVE Request / Discussion -- vino -- reports the desktop being reachable only over the local network, when reachable from everywhere

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 () infradead org>]

On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 12:02 +0100, David King wrote:
> It should be noted that the UPnP feature is disabled by default, so the 
> user has the option to *enable* it. I concede that the string presented 
> in the UI needs improvement. 

That isn't CVE-worthy, though, surely?

> Of course, I agree that indication of the consequences would be
> appropriate, 

That's CVE-2011-1164.

> and also disallowing the 'none' authentication method if UPnP is enabled. 

And that, again, is not at all specific to UPnP.

Disallowing the 'none' authentication method is would be appropriate
whenever the machine is accessible from the outside world, whether
that's through UPnP or just by listening on a publicly-available IP
address.

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dwmw2