Published: 24/05/2000 Updated: 10/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 1000

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

Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY request.

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gnome gdm 1.0
caldera openlinux
suse suse linux 6.2
suse suse linux 6.4

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1233/info A buffer overrun exists in the XDMCP handling code used in 'gdm', an xdm replacement, shipped as part of the GNOME desktop By sending a maliciously crafted XDMCP message, it is possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the susceptible machine The problem lies in th ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1233/info A buffer overrun exists in the XDMCP handling code used in 'gdm', an xdm replacement, shipped as part of the GNOME desktop By sending a maliciously crafted XDMCP message, it is possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the susceptible machine The problem lies in the ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19948/

CVE-2000-0491

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