Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0419
XDM 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 1.4
- Xfree86 Project Xdm — versions cvs
- X.org X11r6 — versions 6.7.0
References
- secunia.com/advisories/12019 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16264 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10161 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-05.xml (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-001.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10423 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)