*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***
You have been subscribed to a public security bug by Marc Deslauriers
(mdeslaur):
Binary package hint: vino
When enabling the VNC server in System → Preferences → Remote Desktop,
Vino establishes an HTTP connect to an external website to check if
connectivity is able:
[pid 5841] connect(17, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80),
sin_addr=inet_addr("189.38.80.51")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now
in progress)
http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/tree/capplet/webservices - defines the
URLs to use to check connectivity while:
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/tree/capplet/vino-url-webservice.c
Appears to establish the connection. This is sub-optimal and something
such as querying NetworkManager over D-Bus should be used instead.
** Affects: vino (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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vino establishes a HTTP connection to check connectivity
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/608701
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