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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Broken Link, Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.html
Broken Link, Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.html
Broken Link, Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056
Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0119
EPSS Percentile
78.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
andynorman/gnuserv
< 3.12
Published
May 03, 2001
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026