CVE-2005-0579
N/A
Published: February 27, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreenx
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2005-February/000734.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/story42495.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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