CVE-2003-0690

NameCVE-2003-0690
DescriptionKDM 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-388, DSA-443

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kdebasesourcewoody4:2.2.2-14.7DSA-388
kdebasesource(unstable)4:3.2
xfree86sourcewoody4.1.0-16woody3DSA-443
xfree86source(unstable)4.3.0-0pre1v2

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