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KDE KDM Local Denial of Service Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28104
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Release Date:
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2007-12-20
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Popularity:
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4,632 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 Workaround
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5963
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to an error in KDM when processing certain files, which can be exploited to cause KDM to e.g. consume large amounts of memory or prevent users from logging in.
Solution:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in an rPath advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0268
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