CVE-2000-0491

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Gdm
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 May 2000

Summary

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

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/00...
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

EPSS Score

7% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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