CVE-2001-0191

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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Information

Published : 2001-05-03 04:00

Updated : 2024-02-14 17:25


NVD link : CVE-2001-0191

Mitre link : CVE-2001-0191

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2001-0191


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Products Affected

andynorman

  • gnuserv

gnu

  • xemacs
CWE
CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')