CVE-2000-0491
gdm 1.0.x/2.0.x BETA/2.2.0 - XDMCP Buffer Overflow
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
2
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2000-05-22 First Exploit
- 2000-05-24 CVE Published
- 2000-07-11 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
- 2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (9)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html | Mailing List | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html | Mailing List | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19948 | 2000-05-22 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19947 | 2000-05-22 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt | 2008-09-10 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html | 2008-09-10 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gnome Search vendor "Gnome" | Gdm Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Gdm" | 1.0 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Gdm" and version "1.0" | - |
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| Caldera Search vendor "Caldera" | Openlinux Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux" | * | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" | 6.2 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.2" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" | 6.4 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.4" | - |
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