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KDE start_kdeinit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA29951
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Release Date: 2008-04-28
Popularity: 5,320 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]


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