CVE-2000-0668 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2000-0668

pam_console PAM module in Linux systems allows a user to...

Vulnerability Description

pam_console PAM module in Linux systems allows a user to access the system console and reboot the system when a display manager such as gdm or kdm has XDMCP enabled.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

michael k. johnson

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Affected Software

pam console, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.66, 0.72_unpatched, 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.