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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-1999-0526

Original release date:07/01/1997
Last revised:09/09/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

An X server's access control is disabled (e.g. through an "xhost +" command) and allows anyone to connect to the server.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#704969
Name: VU#704969
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969

Vulnerable software and versions

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0526