CVE-2000-0668

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pam_console PAM module in Linux systems allows a user to access the system console and reboot the system when a display manager such as gdm or kdm has XDMCP enabled.

Affected products

Conectiva Linux: 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1
Michael K. Johnson Pam Console: 0.66, 0.72_unpatched
RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0398.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0455.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-044.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5001
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0398.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0455.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-044.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5001

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