Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase) describes a privilege escalation bug in KDM, affecting kdebase version 3.1.3 and below
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 42 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | [KDE SECURITY ADVISORY] KDM vulnerabilities | 17 Sep 200300:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | SUSE Security Announcement: hylafax (SuSE-SA:2003:045) | 13 Nov 200300:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 388-1 (kdebase) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 388-1 (kdebase) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 443-1 (xfree86) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 443-1 (xfree86) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated KDE packages fix security issues | 16 Sep 200320:44 | – | redhat |
![]() | Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kdebase security update | 16 Sep 200320:54 | – | redhat |
![]() | Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated XFree86 packages provide security and bug fixes | 17 Nov 200320:25 | – | redhat |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54500");
script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0690", "CVE-2003-0692");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A bug in KDM can allow privilege escalation with certain configurations of
PAM modules.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
kde-base/kdebase < =3.1.3 upgrade:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4'
# emerge '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4'
# emerge clean");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200311-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29406");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200311-01.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"kde-base/kdebase", unaffected: make_list("ge 3.1.4"), vulnerable: make_list("le 3.1.3"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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