CVE-2000-0491

critical

Description

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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-05-24

Updated: 2024-11-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H