Description
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.
Published: 2003-08-22
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0543 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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Gnome Gdm
Redhat Enterprise Linux Kdebase Linux Linux Advanced Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:58:10.982Z

Reserved: 2003-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0549

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-08-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0549

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2003-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0549 - Bugzilla

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