CVE-2003-0690 Information

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.

Reference

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-286.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A193