Multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit could possibly allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Package | kde-base/kdelibs on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 4.0 |
Unaffected versions | revision >= 3.5.8-r4 revision >= 3.5.9-r3 > 4.0 < 3.5.5 revision >= 3.5.10-r2 |
KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. start_kdeinit is a wrapper for kdeinit.
Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default.
A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges, cause a Denial of Service or send Unix signals to other processes, when start_kdeinit is setuid root.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4"
Release date
April 29, 2008
Latest revision
April 08, 2009: 02
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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