CVE-2001-0191

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3Broken Link, Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.htmlBroken Link, Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.htmlBroken Link, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3Broken Link, Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.htmlBroken Link, Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.htmlBroken Link, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: May 3, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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