RHEL 3 : kdebase (RHSA-2006:0576)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22111

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdebase packages that resolve a security issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment.

A flaw was found in KDE where the kdesktop_lock process sometimes failed to terminate properly. This issue could either block the user's ability to manually lock the desktop or prevent the screensaver to activate, both of which could have a security impact for users who rely on these functionalities. (CVE-2006-2933)

Please note that this issue only affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

All users of kdebase should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdebase and / or kdebase-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22111

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0576.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdebase-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdebase

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2933

RHSA: 2006:0576

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