CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0549

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2003-08-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-08-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short authorization key name.

Affected configurations

• gnome gdm 2.2.0 • gnome gdm 2.4.1 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.1 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.2 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.3 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.4 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.5 • gnome gdm 2.4.1.6 • redhat kdebase 2.0 beta2.45 • redhat kdebase 2.2.3.1.20 • redhat kdebase 2.2.3.1.22 • redhat kdebase 2.4.0.7.13 • redhat kdebase 2.4.1.3.5 • redhat enterprise linux 2.1 • redhat linux advanced workstation 2.1

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