CVE-2001-0191
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 7, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 8, 2001
Description
gnuserv before 3.12, as shipped with XEmacs, does not properly check the specified length of an X Windows MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE cookie, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a buffer overflow, or brute force authentication by using a short cookie length.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2001:011vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2001:010vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2001:019vendor-advisory
- gnuserv-tcp-cookie-overflow(6056)vdb-entry
- 20010202 Remote vulnerability in gnuserv/XEmacsmailing-list
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