Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: gdm security update

Updated GDM packages are available which correct a local crash if XDMCP is enabled. GDM is the GNOME Display Manager for X. Two bugs have been found in the X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP which could allow a denial of service attack DoS by crashing the gdm daemon. The Common...

CVE-2001-1086

XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack...

XDMCP leaks sensitive information by default configuration

Overview An information leakage vulnerability exists in the default configuration of the X Display Management Console Protocol XDMCP daemon. Description On some operating systems, the X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP daemon is set to permit remote access to the local machine from any host...

X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) Detection

The X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP service allows a Unix user to remotely obtain a graphical X11 login and therefore act as a local user on the remote host. If an attacker can gain a valid login and password, this service could be used to gain further access on the remote host. An...

CVE-1999-1239

HP-UX 9.x is reported to not properly enable the Xauthority mechanism in certain conditions, potentially allowing local users to access the X display without authorization. The provided sources consistently describe the issue as a local-privilege/unauthorized-access concern but do not include con...

CVE-1999-1239: Undefined Security Weakness

HP-UX 9.x does not properly enable the Xauthority mechanism in certain conditions, which could allow local users to access the X display even when they have not explicitly been authorized to do so...

CVE-2001-1086

XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack...

XFree86 X11R6 3.3 XDM - Session Cookie Guessing

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985/info xdm is the X Display Manager, a component of the XFree86 package. xdm manages the display of X sessions both locally and remotely. An xdm server compiled without WrapHelp.c is vulnerable to a brute force X cookie attack, due to using triviall...

XFree86 X11R6 3.3 XDM - Session Cookie Guessing

XFree86 X11R6 3.3 XDM - Session Cookie Guessing // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985/info xdm is the X Display Manager, a component of the XFree86 package. xdm manages the display of X sessions both locally and remotely. An xdm server compiled without WrapHelp.c is vulnerable to a...

Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:65.xfce

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:65 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: xfce allows local X session compromise Category: ports Module: xfce Announced: 2000-11-06 Credits: Nicholas Brawn...

CVE-1999-0118

AIX infod allows local users to gain root access through an X display...

CVE-1999-0118

Affected software: AIX infod. The vulnerability allows local users to gain root access through an X display, as described across multiple sources (NVD/Red Hat/CVE records). Underlying cause and remediation are not detailed in the provided documents. No exploitation specifics or patch information ...

CVE-1999-0118: Undefined Security Weakness

AIX infod allows local users to gain root access through an X display...

CVE-1999-0118

AIX infod allows local users to gain root access through an X display...

BSDOS 2.1 DGUX 7.0 Debian 1.3 HP-UX 10.34 IBM AIX 4.2 SGI IRIX 6.4 Solaris 2.5.1 - usrbinX11xlock Local Privilege Escalation (2)

BSDOS 2.1 DGUX 7.0 Debian 1.3 HP-UX 10.34 IBM AIX 4.2 SGI IRIX 6.4 Solaris 2.5.1 - usrbinX11xlock Local Privilege Escalation 2 / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/224/info The xlock program is used to lock the local X display until the user supplies the correct password. A buffer overflow...