Bug 124901
| Summary: | CAN-2004-0419 xdm opens random tcp sockets | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | Reporter: | Mark J. Cox <mjc> |
| Component: | XFree86 | Assignee: | Mike A. Harris <mharris> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 3.0 | CC: | barryn |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1376 | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2004-10-04 15:52:50 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Is there a patch for this? There is a patch at the URL in this bug entry. An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-478.html |
See URL; "Even when DisplayManager.requestPort is set to 0, xdm will open a chooserFd tcp socket on all interfaces. This apparently cannot be disabled by configuration and presents a possible security risk." Note that this issue does not affect upstream XFree86 4.3.0 but affects the versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 which contained a backported patch that contains the flaw. CAN-2004-0419 Affects: 3AS 3WS 3ES 3Desktop This issue is minor severity as xdm is not used by default.