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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
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Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:06.863Z
Reserved: 2001-03-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0191
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Published: 2001-05-03T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-0191
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