CentOS 4 : kdebase (CESA-2006:0582)

Updated kdebase packages that resolve several bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment. These core packages include the file manager...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: kdebase security fix

Updated kdebase packages that resolve several bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment. These core packages include the file manager...

security flaw

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdebase (MDKSA-2005:160)

Ilja van Sprundel from suresec.org notified the KDE security team about a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. In order for an exploit to succeed, the directory /var/lock has to be writeable for a user that is allowed to...

Debian DSA-815-1 : kdebase - programming error

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory...

[SECURITY] [DSA 815-1] New kdebase packages fix local root vulnerability

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 815-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze September 16th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

kcheckpass in kdebase

New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue with the kcheckpass program. Earlier versions of Slackware are not affected. A flaw in the way the program creates lockfiles could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges. For more details abo...

KDE kcheckpass privilege escalation

Symbolic links problem within /var/lock directory...

CVE-2005-2494

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files...

CVE-2005-2494

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files...

CVE-2005-2494

CVE-2005-2494 affects KDE kdebase/kcheckpass (kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2) where a symlink attack on /var/lock lock files can allow a local user to gain root privileges. Root cause: improper lock-file handling in kcheckpass. Affected environments include Red Hat/CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu adv...