From: "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@rpath.com.>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:01:16 -0400
To: [email protected],
Subject: rPSA-2006-0106-1 kdebase
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rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0106-1
Published: 2006-06-15
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Root Deterministic Information Exposure
Updated Versions:
kdebase=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.4.2-3.11-1
References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2449http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-425http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060615-1.txt
Description:
KDM allows the user to select the session type for login. This setting
is stored in the user home directory. Previous versions of KDM will
follow a symbolic link and can thus disclose the contents of any file
on the system (such as /etc/shadow) to arbitrary users. KDM is not the
default window manager on rPath Linux.
