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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-09-18T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.192Z

Reserved: 2003-08-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0690

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:29:12.950

Link: CVE-2003-0690

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2003-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0690 - Bugzilla