fkie_cve-2001-0191
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2001-05-03 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3Broken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.htmlBroken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.htmlBroken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3Broken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.htmlBroken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.htmlBroken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
andynorman gnuserv *
gnu xemacs -


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  "id": "CVE-2001-0191",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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