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CVE-2008-1293

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.8)—

ldm in Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) 0.99 and 2 passes the -ac option to the X server on each LTSP client, which allows remote attackers to connect to this server via TCP port 6006 (aka display :6).

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Ltsp — Linux Terminal Server Project

CWEs

References

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