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KDE: Two issues in KDM

Package(s):kde, xfree86 CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0690 CAN-2003-0692
Created:September 16, 2003 Updated:December 19, 2003
Description: According to this advisory two issues have been discovered in KDM:
  • CAN-2003-0690: Privilege escalation with specific PAM modules. The XDM display manager that ships with XFree86 prior to 4.3 is also vulnerable.
  • CAN-2003-0692: Session cookies generated by KDM are potentially insecure
All versions of KDM as distributed with KDE up to and including KDE 3.1.3 are affected.
Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:118 2003-12-19
Gentoo 200311-01 2003-11-15
Debian DSA-388-1 2003-09-19
Conectiva CLA-2003:747 2003-09-19
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:091 2003-09-16
Red Hat RHSA-2003:269-01 2003-09-16

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