Debian DSA-388-1 : kdebase - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15225

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in kdebase :

- CAN-2003-0690 :
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as demonstrated in certain configurations of the MIT pam_krb5 module.

- CAN-2003-0692 :

KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier uses a weak session cookie generation algorithm that does not provide 128 bits of entropy, which allows attackers to guess session cookies via brute-force methods and gain access to the user session.

These vulnerabilities are described in the following security advisory from KDE :

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4:2.2.2-14.7.

We recommend that you update your kdebase package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15225

File Name: debian_DSA-388.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdebase, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0690, CVE-2003-0692

BID: 8635, 8636

DSA: 388