CVE-2008-0037

N/A Unknown

Published: February 12, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

X11 in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.1 does not properly handle when the "Allow connections from network client" preference is disabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to the X server.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/28891

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27736

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019365

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430