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Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : kdebase vulnerability (USN-301-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27876

Synopsis

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

Description

Ludwig Nussel discovered that kdm managed the ~/.dmrc file in an insecure way. By performing a symlink attack, a local user could exploit this to read arbitrary files on the system, like private files of other users, /etc/shadow, and similarly sensitive data.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27876

File Name: ubuntu_USN-301-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkonq4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kate, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpersonalizer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmenuedit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksmserver, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konqueror, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdeprint, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdesktop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkonq4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kfind, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konsole, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpager, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konqueror-nsplugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepasswd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksysguardd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kwin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksysguard, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksplash, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-doc-html, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-kio-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:khelpcenter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kicker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xfonts-konsole, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ktip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:klipper, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kappfinder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kcontrol

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2449

USN: 301-1