CVE-2002-1511 Weak cryptography in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1511 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2002-1511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1511 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1511/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1511/index.md)
Weak cookie generation in VNC server allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1511?
CVE-2002-1511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The vncserver wrapper for vnc before 3.3.3r2-21 uses the rand() function instead of srand(), which causes vncserver to generate weak cookies.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1511?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Att Vnc, Tightvnc Tightvnc.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1511?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-1511 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1511 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xgj-c952-7qhx.