CVE-2004-0419

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0419
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
124900 – CAN-2004-0419 xdm opens random tcp sockets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesecure.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD 3.6 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org
bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.xfree86.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XFree86, X.org: XDM ignores requestPort setting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for xfree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
P-001: Red Hat Updated XFree86 Packages fix Security Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
XFree86 XDM RequestPort Random Open TCP Socket Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xdm May Open Random TCP Sockets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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