Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57051
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-301-1 (kdebase)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kdebase announced via advisory USN-301-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Ludwig Nussel discovered that kdm managed the ~ /.dmrc file in an insecure way. By performing a symlink attack, a local user could exploit this to read arbitrary files on the system, like private files of other users, /etc/shadow, and similarly sensitive data. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: kdm 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu18.3 Ubuntu 5.10: kdm 4:3.4.3-0ubuntu7 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: kdm 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-301-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2449 1016297 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297 18431 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431 20060614 [KDE Security Advisory] KDM symlink attack vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded 20060615 rPSA-2006-0106-1 kdebase http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded 20602 http://secunia.com/advisories/20602 20660 http://secunia.com/advisories/20660 20674 http://secunia.com/advisories/20674 20702 http://secunia.com/advisories/20702 20785 http://secunia.com/advisories/20785 20869 http://secunia.com/advisories/20869 20890 http://secunia.com/advisories/20890 21662 http://secunia.com/advisories/21662 26511 http://www.osvdb.org/26511 ADV-2006-2355 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355 DSA-1156 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156 GLSA-200606-23 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml MDKSA-2006:105 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105 MDKSA-2006:106 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106 RHSA-2006:0548 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html SSA:2006-178-01 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467 SUSE-SA:2006:039 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html USN-301-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt kde-kdm-symlink(27181) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9844 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844
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