RHEL 2.1 : gdm (RHSA-2003:259)

Updated GDM packages are available which correct a local crash if XDMCP is enabled. GDM is the GNOME Display Manager for X. Two bugs have been found in the X Display Manager Control Protocol XDMCP which could allow a denial of service attack DoS by crashing the gdm daemon. The Common...

CVE-2003-0548

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 when a chosen host expires, a different issue than CVE-2003-0549...

CVE-2003-0548

GDM (GNOME Display Manager) vulnerable to DoS via XDMCP in versions before 2.4.1.6. The issue affects the XDMCP handling and may cause the daemon to crash when certain authorization data or host expiry conditions are encountered. Public descriptions indicate the two related CVEs (CVE-2003-0548 an...