PT-2003-1071 · Gnome · Gdm

George · Published 2003-08-21 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2003-0549

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GDM versions prior to 2.4.1.6

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a daemon crash, via a short authorization key name. Multiple vulnerabilities in the GDM package may lead to disruption of protected information availability. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.1.6, update to version 2.4.1.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the XDMCP support to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-07974

BDU:2015-07975

CVE-2003-0549

Affected Products

Gdm

References · 9

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-259.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0549 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-07974 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-07975 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A129 · Note
• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html · Note