Re: Ultra VNC-3DES-is it secure

["Randy Wyatt" <rwwyatt01 () gmail com>]

On Jan 18, 2008 12:46 PM, pentestr <pentestr () gmail com> wrote:
> hi hackers,
> I am doing a VA/PT for one our client and found one of the servers is
> using Ultra VNC. The ports (5800 & 5900) are open to Internet. Is it
> secure against Man in the middle attack?
> Do I need to report this as a CRITICAL/HIGH security issue..
>
> Thanks & Rgds.
> P.T.

Personally, I would rate it as a critical issue.  There are a number
of much more secure solutions
to remote server administration rather than ultra-vnc.  I have not
reviewed the actual SSL plugin, but that can always be checked for
existing vulnerabilities depending on the version of OpenSSL
implemented.

Regards,
Randy

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