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Sun Solaris CDE dtlogin XDMCP Parsing Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11214
Release Date: 2004-03-25
Popularity: 16,369 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Sun Solaris 8

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-0368


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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