PT-2001-1420 · Gnu · Gnuserv

CVE-2001-0191

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Published

2001-05-03

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Updated

2024-02-14

CVSS v2.0

10

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: gnuserv versions prior to 3.12
Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a buffer overflow, or brute force authentication by using a short cookie length, due to improper checking of the specified length of an X Windows MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE cookie.
Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.12, update to version 3.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0191

Affected Products

Gnuserv