CVE-2003-0690
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2003-0690 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2003-10-06 04:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.0_beta | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.3a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.5a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.0.5b | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.1.1a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.1.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| '[KDE SECURITY ADVISORY] KDM vulnerabilities' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-443-1 xfree86 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| [suse-security] pam_krb5 & kdm: local root compromise (or misconfiguration?) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | cert.uni-stuttgart.de | |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-388-1 kdebase | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Mandriva Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kde.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Home - Conectiva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | distro.conectiva.com.br | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.