VNC: Chicken of the VNC Remote Denial of Service
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Chicken of the VNC. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.
Extended Description
Chicken of the VNC is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle malformed server-supplied content. Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to crash affected client applications. Chicken of the VNC 2.0b4 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.
Affected Products
Chicken_of_the_vnc chicken_of_the_vnc
Short Name
VNC:CHICKEN-VNC-DOS
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
VNC
Keywords
CVE-2007-0756 Chicken Denial Remote Service VNC bid:22372 of the
Release Date
04/05/2013
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Chicken_of_the_vnc
CVSS Score
7.8