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CVE-2003-0546

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0546 describes a critical vulnerability in Red Hat up2date versions 3.0.7 and 3.1.23, where the software fails to properly verify RPM GPG signatures. This flaw could enable remote attackers to install unsigned packages from a compromised Red Hat Network. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.7-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:up2date:3.0.7-1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.7-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:up2date:3.0.7-1:*:i386_gnome:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.23-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:up2date:3.1.23-1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.23-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:up2date:3.1.23-1:*:i386_gnome:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0546

security flaw

Aug 8, 2003

References

marc.info
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A631