CVE-2003-0690
N/A
Published: September 18, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKde
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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