CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-1086
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-07-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• xfree86 project x11r6 3.3
• xfree86 project x11r6 3.3.3
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com