CVE-2000-0491 Information

Description

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370