VDB
RHSA-2003%3A270
RHSA-2003%3A270
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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 Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 |
Timeline
- Sep 16, 2003 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Aug 7, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Aug 7, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:270 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=103512 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2003/rhsa-2003_270.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0690 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617067 issue
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0690 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0690 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0692 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617068 issue
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0692 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0692 advisory