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CVE-2003-0549 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for G)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0549
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-08-27
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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