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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:06.863Z

Reserved: 2001-03-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0191

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2001-05-03T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-02-14T17:25:28.413

Link: CVE-2001-0191

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0191 - Bugzilla