CVE-2008-0037 (GCVE-0-2008-0037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-12 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
X11 in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 does not properly handle when the "Allow connections from network client" preference is disabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to the X server.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/28891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019365 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Date Public
2008-02-11 00:00
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