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GLSA-200804-30 : KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32111

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-200804-30 (KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges, cause a Denial of Service or send Unix signals to other processes, when start_kdeinit is setuid root.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-30

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32111

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-30.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/1/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1671

CWE: 16

GLSA: 200804-30