Vulnerability CVE-2003-0549
Published: 2003-08-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Kdebase 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Linux advanced workstation 
Gnome -> GDM 

 References:
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-259.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A129
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