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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-0690

Published: Oct 06, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0690
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KdeKde1.1 (including)1.1 (including)
KdeKde1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
KdeKde1.1.2 (including)1.1.2 (including)
KdeKde1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
KdeKde2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
KdeKde2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
KdeKde2.0_beta (including)2.0_beta (including)
KdeKde2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
KdeKde2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
KdeKde2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
KdeKde2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
KdeKde2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
KdeKde2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
KdeKde3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
KdeKde3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
KdeKde3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
KdeKde3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
KdeKde3.0.3a (including)3.0.3a (including)
KdeKde3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
KdeKde3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
KdeKde3.0.5a (including)3.0.5a (including)
KdeKde3.0.5b (including)3.0.5b (including)
KdeKde3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
KdeKde3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
KdeKde3.1.1a (including)3.1.1a (including)
KdeKde3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
KdeKde3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 9RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 9RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
KdebaseUbuntudapper*
KdebaseUbuntudevel*
KdebaseUbuntuedgy*
KdebaseUbuntufeisty*
XorgUbuntudapper*
XorgUbuntudevel*
XorgUbuntuedgy*
XorgUbuntufeisty*

References

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