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.
Published: 2005-02-27
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0580 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:05.684Z

Reserved: 2005-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0579

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-25T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0579

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