CVE-2004-0419: gentoo linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-0419 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gentoo linux. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 03-06-2004PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.48% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Gentoo1 product
- linux1.4
X.org1 product
- x11r66.7.0
Xfree86_project1 product
- xdmcvs
3 vendors · 3 products
References
12 links- bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:073Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRAKEPatch
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10161VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124900X Refsource CONFIRM