RHEL 4 : kdebase (RHSA-2006:0548)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21722

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdebase packages that correct a security flaw in kdm are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment. These core packages include the KDE Display Manager (KDM).

Ludwig Nussel discovered a flaw in KDM. A malicious local KDM user could use a symlink attack to read an arbitrary file that they would not normally have permissions to read. (CVE-2006-2449)

Note: this issue does not affect the version of KDM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.

All users of KDM should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdebase and / or kdebase-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21722

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0548.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdebase-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2449

RHSA: 2006:0548

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