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TITLE:
Vinagre "vinagre_utils_show_error()" Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33041

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33041/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Vinagre 0.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20692/
Vinagre 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20691/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Vinagre, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
"vinagre_utils_show_error()" function in src/vinagre-utils.c. This
can be exploited by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially
crafted .vnc file.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.24.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.5.2 or 2.24.2.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vinagre/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vinagre/0.5/vinagre-0.5.2.changes
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vinagre/2.24/vinagre-2.24.2.changes

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