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GLSA-200606-23 : KDM: Symlink vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21743

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-23 (KDM: Symlink vulnerability)

 Ludwig Nussel discovered that KDM could be tricked into allowing users to read files that would otherwise not be readable.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this issue to obtain potentially sensitive information that is usually not accessable to the local user such as shadow files or other user's files. The default Gentoo user running KDM is root and, as a result, the local attacker can read any file.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All kdebase users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdebase All KDE split ebuild users should upgrade to the latest KDM version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdm

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21743

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-23.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdm, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2449

GLSA: 200606-23