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VNC is the Virtual Network Computing software package, freely available from AT&T. The software package is designed to allow remote desktop access to a user that has sufficient privileges. It is available for Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft operating systems. It has been discovered that a vulnerability exists in Red Hat VNC packages. The VNC server includes a small HTTP server implementation. It has been discovered that a condition exists which may cause the HTTP server to freeze, effectively denying service to legitimate VNC users. It is not currently known whether other versions of VNC are affected by this issue.

VNC is the Virtual Network Computing software package, freely available from AT&T. The software package is designed to allow remote desktop access to a user that has sufficient privileges. It is available for Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft operating systems. It has been discovered that a vulnerability exists in Red Hat VNC packages. The VNC server includes a small HTTP server implementation. It has been discovered that a condition exists which may cause the HTTP server to freeze, effectively denying service to legitimate VNC users. It is not currently known whether other versions of VNC are affected by this issue.