PT-2000-1430 · Gnome+2 · Gnome Gdm+2

Published 2000-05-24 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0491

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME gdm (affected versions not specified) KDE kdm (affected versions not specified) wdm (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the XDMCP parsing code, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service by sending a long FORWARD QUERY request.

Recommendations For GNOME gdm, update to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow issue in the XDMCP parsing code. For KDE kdm, update to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow issue in the XDMCP parsing code. For wdm, update to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow issue in the XDMCP parsing code.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0491

Affected Products

Gnome Gdm

Kde Kdm

Wdm

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19947 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19948 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0491 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1279 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1370 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1233 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html · Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html · Note