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GLSA-200710-15 : KDM: Local privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27050

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-15 (KDM: Local privilege escalation)

 Kees Huijgen discovered an error when checking the credentials which can lead to a login without specifying a password. This only occurs when auto login is configured for at least one user and a password is required to shut down the machine.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain root privileges and execute arbitrary commands by logging in as root without specifying root's password.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All KDM users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kdm-3.5.7-r2' All kdebase users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200710-15

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27050

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200710-15.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 10/15/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdm, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4569

CWE: 264

GLSA: 200710-15