Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0491

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.

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Affected products

GNOME Foundation/Gdm2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Caldera/Openlinux
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SUSE S.A./Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
KDE/KDMllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.htmlnvd
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.htmlnvd
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370nvd

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