Description
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) via a short authorization key name.
References
- CLA-2003:729 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2003:258 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:129 vdb-entry signature
- RHSA-2003:259 vendor-advisory
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html