CVE-2003-0549 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GDM versions prior to 2.4.1.6, impacting various Linux distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Attackers can crash the GDM daemon by providing a short authorization key name through the X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP). With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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