Vulnerability CVE-2003-0794
Published: 2003-11-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
GDM 2.4.4.x before 2.4.4.4, and 2.4.1.x before 2.4.1.7, does not limit the number or duration of commands and uses a blocking socket connection, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by sending commands and not reading the results.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> GDM 

 References:
http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsblame.cgi?file=gdm2/NEWS&rev=&root=/cvs/gnome
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000766
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:100
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8846
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13448
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