31297 : KDE PAM on Fedora Core KDM Password Cache Login Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-08-28

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3742" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The KDE PAM configuration shipped with Fedora Core 5 causes KDM passwords to be cached, which allows attackers to login without a password by attempting to log in multiple times.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-3742 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lwn.net/Alerts/197302/

Tools & Filters

	24174

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-09-06 | Disagree?

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