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CVE-2000-0491

CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1820%
EPSS Percentile33.29th
PublishedMay 24, 2000
Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
Gnome

Gdm

= 1.0
💻
Caldera

Openlinux

All versions
💻
Suse

Suse Linux

= 6.2
💻
Suse

Suse Linux

= 6.4

References & Advisories

🔗 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
🔗 ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt

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