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-2003-0549

CVE-2003-0549 affects the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) prior to version 2.4.1.6, where the XDMCP feature can be abused to crash the gdm daemon, causing DoS via a short authorization key name. Public records in NVD and vendor advisories describe the issue as stemming from XDMCP handling, with the r...