CVE-2000-0453
Xfree86 Project X11r6 — NVD-CWE-Other
- Published: 2000-05-18T04:00:00.000
- Last modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
- Vendors: Xfree86 Project
- Products: X11r6
- CWE: NVD-CWE-Other
CVE-2000-0453 — XFree86 3.3.x and 4.0 allows a user to cause a denial of service via a negative counter value in a malformed TCP packet that is sent to port 6000. [Weakness: NVD-CWE-Other]
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XFree86 3.3.x and 4.0 allows a user to cause a denial of service via a negative counter value in a malformed TCP packet that is sent to port 6000.
🧠 Explainer: What this vulnerability means
Summary: The issue in X11r6 by Xfree86 Project (CWE: unspecified) may enable attacks.
Impact: It may allow privilege escalation, data exposure, or service interruption.
Mitigation: Apply the latest vendor patch or update to a fixed version; disable vulnerable modules where possible.
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-012.0.txt []
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0223.html []
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1235 []
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-012.0.txt []
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0223.html []
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1235 []
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