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Sun Solaris CDE dtlogin XDMCP Parsing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11214
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Release Date:
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2004-03-25
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Popularity:
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16,369 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 8
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0368
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Description:
Dave Aitel has reported that the CDE implementation in Sun Solaris is affected by a vulnerability in the dtlogin service. This can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability has been reported in version Solaris 8. However, other versions may also be affected.
For more information:
SA11210
Solution:
Disable listening for XDMCP requests from X-terminals.
This is done by setting "Dtlogin.requestPort:" to zero in "/usr/dt/config/Xconfig".
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dave Aitel, Immunity.
Other References:
SA11210:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11210/
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