CVE-2003-0692

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier uses a weak session cookie generation algorithm that does not provide 128 bits of entropy, which allows attackers to guess session cookies via brute force methods and gain access to the user session.

Affected products

Kde: 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+21)

References

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A215
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2

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