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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2037-1 (kdm (kdebase))
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kdm (kdebase) announced via advisory DSA 2037-1.
Insight
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that a race condition in the KDE Desktop Environment's KDM display manager, allow a local user to elevate privileges to root. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your kdm package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202037-1