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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-30 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 29, 2008 |
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Bugs: #218933 |
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ID: 200804-30 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit could possibly allow a local |
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attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. |
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Background |
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KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and |
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Unix-like operating systems. start_kdeinit is a wrapper for kdeinit. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/kdelibs < 4.0 *>= 3.5.8-r4 |
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*>= 3.5.9-r3 |
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> 4.0 |
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< 3.5.5 |
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Description |
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Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled |
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data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root |
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privileges, cause a Denial of Service or send Unix signals to other |
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processes, when start_kdeinit is setuid root. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1671 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1671 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |