Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated KDE packages fix security issues
Informations
Name RHSA-2003:270 First vendor Publication 2003-09-16
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2003-09-16
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193
Title: KDM pam_setcred Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0690
Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s): KDM
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:215
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:215
Title: KDM Weak Cookie Vulnerability
Description: KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier uses a weak session cookie generation algorithm that does not provide 128 bits of entropy, which allows attackers to guess session cookies via brute force methods and gain access to the user session.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0692
Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s): KDM
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 27

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase)
File : nvt/glsa_200311_01.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 388-1 (kdebase)
File : nvt/deb_388_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 443-1 (xfree86)
File : nvt/deb_443_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
4773 KDE KDM pam_setcred() Function Error Condition Privilege Escalation

4772 KDE KDM Session Cookie Generation Algorithm Weakness

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-443.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-091.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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