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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-01 (kdebase)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200311-01.
Insight
Insight
A bug in KDM can allow privilege escalation with certain configurations of PAM modules.
Solution
Solution
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running kde-base/kdebase < =3.1.3 upgrade: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4' # emerge '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4' # emerge clean http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200311-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29406 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt