Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0579
CVE-2005-0579
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.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.2.8
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References
2- mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2005-February/000734.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.linuxcompatible.org/story42495.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
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