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Added: glsa-200710-15.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 200710-15 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-15.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-15.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-15.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200710-15.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="200710-15"> |
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<title>KDM: Local privilege escalation</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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KDM allows logins without password under certain circumstances allowing a |
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local user to gain elevated privileges. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">KDM</product> |
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<announced>October 14, 2007</announced> |
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<revised>October 14, 2007: 01</revised> |
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<bug>192373</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="kde-base/kdm" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">3.5.7-r2</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.5.7-r2</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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<package name="kde-base/kdebase" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">3.5.7-r4</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.5.7-r4</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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KDM is the Display Manager for the graphical desktop environment KDE. |
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It is part of the kdebase package. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Kees Huijgen discovered an error when checking the credentials which |
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can lead to a login without specifying a password. This only occurs |
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when auto login is configured for at least one user and a password is |
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required to shut down the machine. |
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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 gain root privileges and execute arbitrary |
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commands by logging in as root without specifying root's password. |
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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 KDM 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/kdm-3.5.7-r2"</code> |
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<p> |
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All kdebase 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/kdebase-3.5.7-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-2007-4569">CVE-2007-4569</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:34:30 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:49:35 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:58:05 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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