CVE-2001-0191 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0030.html http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-019.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-010.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-011.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6056