CVE-2001-0178: Caldera Openlinux Edesktop

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

kdesu program in KDE2 (KDE before 2.2.0-6) does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux Edesktop: version 2.4 only
• Conectiva Linux: version 6.0 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 6.1 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: version 1.0.1 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only; version 6.3 only; version 6.4 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2001-03-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.