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Added: glsa-200804-30.xml |
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GLSA 200804-30 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200804-30.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200804-30"> |
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<title>KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> |
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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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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">kdelibs</product> |
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<announced>April 29, 2008</announced> |
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<revised>April 29, 2008: 01</revised> |
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<bug>218933</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="kde-base/kdelibs" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="rge">3.5.8-r4</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="rge">3.5.9-r3</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="gt">4.0</unaffected> |
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<unaffected range="lt">3.5.5</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.0</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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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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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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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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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="high"> |
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<p> |
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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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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1671">CVE-2008-1671</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:59 +0000"> |
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vorlon |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:20:59 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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