CVE-2000-0378: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pam_console PAM module in Linux systems performs a chown on various devices upon a user login, but an open file descriptor for those devices can be maintained after the user logs out, which allows that user to sniff activity on these devices when subsequent users log in.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only

Published 2000-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.