CVE-2005-2494
First published: Tue Sep 06 2005(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| KDE KDE | =3.3.2 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.3.1 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.2.2 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.2.1 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.4.0 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.2.0 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.2.3 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.4.2 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.4.1 | |
| KDE KDE | =3.3.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16692
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18139
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21481
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/kde
- canonical/kde kde
- version/kde kde/3.3.2
- version/kde kde/3.3.1
- version/kde kde/3.2.2
- version/kde kde/3.2.1
- version/kde kde/3.4.0
- version/kde kde/3.2.0
- version/kde kde/3.2.3
- version/kde kde/3.4.2
- version/kde kde/3.4.1
- version/kde kde/3.3.0