CVE-2000-0668 describes a vulnerability in the pam_console PAM module on Linux systems, including Conectiva and Red Hat distributions, where enabling XDMCP in display managers like gdm or kdm allows unauthenticated users to reboot the system. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, a public exploit for Conectiva and Red Hat systems is available on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_k._johnson:pam_console:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.72_unpatchedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_k._johnson:pam_console:0.72_unpatched:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0esCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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