By the way. I can confirm that it is reproducible also in intel 32
bit architecture.

// Ola

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:41:18PM -0700, Chris Hiestand wrote:
> Package: vnc4server
> Version: 4.1.1+X4.3.0-37
> Severity: normal
> 
> A repeated bad login generates a blacklist against 0.0.0.0 - but it
> should be against the remote IP address. If a user then tries to connect
> from a different IP, they will find that they are blacklisted.
> A series of bad logins from any IP can then generate a DoS against
> vnc4server.
> 
> 
> The vnc server log of connection attempts:
> >Wed Aug 10 12:37:46 2011
> > vncext:      VNC extension running!
> > vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
> > vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
> >error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> >Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
> >removing from list!
> >Could not init font path element built-ins, removing from list!
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:00 2011
> > Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::51060
> > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
> > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
> > SConnection: AuthFailureException: Authentication failure
> > Connections: closed: 0.0.0.0::51060 (Authentication failure)
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:02 2011
> > Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::51061
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:03 2011
> > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
> > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
> > SConnection: AuthFailureException: Authentication failure
> > Connections: closed: 0.0.0.0::51061 (Authentication failure)
> > Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::51062
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:04 2011
> > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
> > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
> > SConnection: AuthFailureException: Authentication failure
> > Connections: closed: 0.0.0.0::51062 (Authentication failure)
> > Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::51063
> > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
> > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
> > SConnection: AuthFailureException: Authentication failure
> > Connections: closed: 0.0.0.0::51063 (Authentication failure)
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:05 2011
> > Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::51064
> > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
> > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
> > SConnection: AuthFailureException: Authentication failure
> > Connections: closed: 0.0.0.0::51064 (Authentication failure)
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:06 2011
> > Connections: blacklisted: 0.0.0.0
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:07 2011
> > Connections: blacklisted: 0.0.0.0
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:08 2011
> > Connections: blacklisted: 0.0.0.0
> >
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:10 2011
> > Connections: blacklisted: 0.0.0.0
> >
> 
> Comes from a different IP Address, but is blacklisted anyway!
> >Wed Aug 10 12:38:14 2011
> > Connections: blacklisted: 0.0.0.0
> 
> 
> 
> - System Information:
> Debian Release: 6.0.2
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (900, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages vnc4server depends on:
> ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared 
> lib
> ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.5-8        GCC support library
> ii  libstdc++6              4.4.5-8          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-4        X11 client-side library
> ii  libxext6                2:1.1.2-1        X11 miscellaneous extension 
> librar
> ii  libxtst6                2:1.1.0-3        X11 Testing -- Record extension 
> li
> ii  x11-common              1:7.5+8          X Window System (X.Org) 
> infrastruc
> ii  xbase-clients           1:7.5+8          miscellaneous X clients - 
> metapack
> ii  xserver-common          2:1.7.7-13       common files used by various X 
> ser
> ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
> 
> Versions of packages vnc4server recommends:
> ii  xfonts-base                   1:1.0.1    standard fonts for X
> 
> Versions of packages vnc4server suggests:
> pn  vnc-java                      <none>     (no description available)
> 
> -- debconf-show failed
> 
> 
> 

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