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.
Published:Feb 2, 2001
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:May 7, 2001
EPSS Score:0.01188
CVSS Score:10
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Andynorman
Product
Gnuserv
Andynorman
Gnuserv
Vendor
Gnu
Product
Xemacs
Gnu
Xemacs
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Linux
Redhat
Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Powertools
Redhat
Powertools
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
