CVE-2003-0548 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support within GDM versions prior to 2.4.1.6, affecting various Gnome and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely crash the GDM daemon when a chosen host expires. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity to achieve a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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