Buffer overflow in Andynorman Gnuserv

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Andynorman Gnuserv
Gnu Xemacs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch)