CVE-2003-0690

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability88. percentile3.1%
ProductKde
PublishedOct 6, 2003
First seenOct 6, 2003

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kde kde1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0_beta, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.3a, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.5a, 3.0.5b, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.1a, 3.1.2, 3.1.3—

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