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CVE-2008-1293
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…
Medium4.8EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
Description
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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.8 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20080312 Re: CVE request: insecure X11 handling in ltsp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1019940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080311 CVE request: insecure X11 handling in ltsp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-610-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 28960 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469462 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1561 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29959 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ltsp-ldm-weak-security(42080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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