CVE-2000-0491
N/A
Published: July 12, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:51 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsSUSE LinuxOpenlinuxGdm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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