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Message-ID: <20110316110228.GA4109@netbookdave>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:02:28 +0100
From: David King <amigadave@...gadave.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
Mark McLoughlin <mark@...net.ie>,
"Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request / Discussion -- vino -- reports the
desktop being reachable only over the local network, when reachable from
everywhere
On 2011-03-16 10:47, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 17:10 -0400, Josh Bressers wrote:
>>
>> Issue #2
>>
>> Vino can open ports via uPnP without alerting the user.
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678846
>>
>> Use CVE-2011-1165
[snip]
>There *is* an option to disable this feature, if the user really wants
>to. And of course it should be clearly indicated that the service is
>available to the public; but *that* is what CVE-2011-1164 is for.
It should be noted that the UPnP feature is disabled by default, so the
user has the option to *enable* it. I concede that the string presented
in the UI needs improvement. Of course, I agree that indication of the
consequences would be appropriate, and also disallowing the 'none'
authentication method if UPnP is enabled.
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