| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2001-0178 (CCN-5995) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2001-01-23 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2001-01-23 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-10-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | kdesu program in KDE2 (KDE before 2.2.0-6) does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Access | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory CSSA-2001-005.0 password sniffing in kdesu Source: CCN Type: SuSE Security Announcement SuSE-SA:2001:002 kdesu Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2001-0178 Source: CCN Type: Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2001:378 Password sniffing via kdesu Source: CALDERA Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory CSSA-2001-005.0 Source: CCN Type: US-CERT VU#982616 KDE2 kdesu `keep password` option does not verify socket listener potentially exposing su password Source: MANDRAKE Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory MDKSA-2001:018 Source: SUSE Type: UNKNOWN SuSE-SA:2001:02 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 7174 KDE2 kdesu Insecure Socket Password Disclosure Source: CCN Type: BID-2320 kdesu Local Password Sniffing Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:018 kdesu Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN kde2-kdesu-retrieve-passwords(5995) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN kde2-kdesu-retrieve-passwords(5995) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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