CVE-2004-0419

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0419
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionXDM in XFree86 opens a chooserFd TCP socket even when DisplayManager.requestPort is 0, which could allow remote attackers to connect to the port, in violation of the intended restrictions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Application X.org X11r6 6.7.0 All All All
Application X.org X11r6 6.7.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project Xdm cvs All All All
Application Xfree86 Project Xdm cvs All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XFree86 XDM RequestPort Random Open TCP Socket Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xdm May Open Random TCP Sockets SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XFree86, X.org: XDM ignores requestPort setting GENTOO www.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
P-001: Red Hat Updated XFree86 Packages fix Security Issues CIAC www.ciac.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenBSD 3.6 errata OPENBSD www.openbsd.org
124900 – CAN-2004-0419 xdm opens random tcp sockets CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for xfree SECUNIA secunia.com
MDKSA-2004:073 MANDRAKE www.mandrakesecure.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi CONFIRM bugs.xfree86.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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