CVE-2004-0419

N/A Unknown

Published: August 18, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/12019

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1010306

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-001.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-05.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:073

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#xdm

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-478.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10423

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124900

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16264

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10161

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376