Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting gdm package, versions [,2.4.1.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDM-2370041
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Aug 2003
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Aug 2003

CVE-2003-0549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdm to version 2.4.1.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short authorization key name.

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