CVE-2008-1293 (GCVE-0-2008-1293)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17
VLAI
Summary
ldm in Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) 0.99 and 2 passes the -ac option to the X server on each LTSP client, which allows remote attackers to connect to this server via TCP port 6006 (aka display :6).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/03/12/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019940 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/03/11/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/610-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28960 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/30099 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469462 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1561 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29959 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-03-11 00:00
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