PT-2005-1627 · Nomachine · Freenx

Fabian Franz · Published 2005-02-25 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeNX versions prior to 0.2.8

Description The issue arises from improper handling of the XAUTHORITY environment variable when it is not set, allowing local users to access the X server without X authentication.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.2.8, update to version 0.2.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider setting the XAUTHORITY environment variable to prevent unauthorized access to the X server.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0579

Affected Products

Freenx

References · 3

• 🔥 http://linuxcompatible.org/story42495.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2005-February/000734.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0579 · Security Note