KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 6, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 29, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
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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