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Status published
Critical
CVE-2003-0690
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether...
Vulnerability 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.
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.
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A193
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html
- http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-286.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.1, 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
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 18th, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.