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KDE Desktop Communication Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14591
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Release Date:
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2005-03-16
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Popularity:
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8,628 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0396
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Description:
Sebastian Krahmer has reported a vulnerability in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the authentication process in the DCOP (Desktop Communication Protocol) daemon dcopserver. This can be exploited to lock the dcopserver for arbitrary local users.
Successful exploitation may result in decreased desktop functionality for the affected user.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 3.4.
Solution:
Upgrade to KDE 3.4 or apply patch.
Patch for KDE 3.1.x:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.1.5-kdelibs-dcop.patch
377c49d8224612fbf09f70f3c09d52f5
Patch for KDE 3.2.x:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-dcop.patch
0948701bffb082c65784dc8a2b648ef0
Patch for KDE 3.3.x:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.3.2-kdelibs-dcop.patch
7309e259ae1f29be08bbb70e580da3fb
Provided and/or discovered by:
Sebastian Krahmer, SUSE LINUX Security Team.
Original Advisory:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-1.txt
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