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Debian DSA-660-1 : kdebase - missing return value check

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16262

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Raphael Enrici discovered that the KDE screensaver can crash under certain local circumstances. This can be exploited by an attacker with physical access to the workstation to take over the desktop session.

Solution

Upgrade the kscreensaver package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-14.9.

This problem has been fixed upstream in KDE 3.0.5 and is therefore fixed in the unstable (sid) and testing (sarge) distributions already.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-660

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16262

File Name: debian_DSA-660.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdebase, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0078

DSA: 660