CVE-2010-0436

Description

Race condition in backend/ctrl.c in KDM in KDE Software Compilation (SC) 2.2.0 through 4.4.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files, and consequently gain privileges, by blocking the removal of a certain directory that contains a control socket, related to improper interaction with ksm.

References

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/39419

http://secunia.com/advisories/39481

http://secunia.com/advisories/39506

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0