CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0191

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute code remotely, posing a serious threat to the security of the system and the organization's data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update gnuserv to version 3.12 or later to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures to protect against attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS