openSUSE 10 Security Update : kdebase3-kdm (kdebase3-kdm-1609)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27285

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

KDM stores the type of the previously used session in the user's home directory. By using a symlink users could trick kdm into also storing content of files that are normally not accesible by users (CVE-2006-2449).

Solution

Update the affected kdebase3-kdm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27285

File Name: suse_kdebase3-kdm-1609.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase3-kdm

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2449

Detections

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