CVE-2005-0579 in freenx

Summary

nxagent in freenx before 0.2.8 does not properly handle when the xauthority environment variable is not set which allows local users to access the x server without x authentication.

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• Reservation: 02/27/2005
• Disclosure: 02/25/2005
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-23988
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-287 (Unconfirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00091
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0579
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0579
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2005-0579/