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KDE start_kdeinit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29951
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Release Date:
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2008-04-28
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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-2008-1671 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the start_kdeinit script (installed setuid root by default). This can be exploited to send signals to privileged processes, cause a DoS, or potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the target process.
The vulnerability is reported in KDE 3.x versions 3.5.5 and later, running on Linux operating systems.
Solution:
Apply vendor patch.
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
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