# CVE-2004-0653: Solaris 9, when configured as a Kerberos client with patch 112908-12 or 115168-03 and using pam\_krb5 as an "auth" module with the debug feat

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-07-13 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Solaris 9, when configured as a Kerberos client with patch 112908-12 or 115168-03 and using pam_krb5 as an "auth" module with the debug feature enabled, records passwords in plaintext, which could allow local users to gain other user's passwords by reading log files.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10606
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-172.shtml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101519-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2065
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11940/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16450
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/523710
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57587

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