oval:org.mitre.oval:def:193

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
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