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vinagre: format string flaw

Package(s):vinagre CVE #(s):
Created:December 8, 2008 Updated:December 11, 2008
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

Alfredo Ortega discovered a flaw in Vinagre's use of format strings. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they tricked a user into connecting to a malicious VNC server, or opening a specially crafted URI with Vinagre.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:240 2008-12-10
Ubuntu USN-689-1 2008-12-10
Fedora FEDORA-2008-10956 2008-12-08
Fedora FEDORA-2008-10932 2008-12-08
Fedora FEDORA-2008-10941 2008-12-08
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