CVE-2005-2494
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-09-06 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:30
Severity ?
Summary
kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diffPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/16692
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18139
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/21481
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.2-kdebase-kcheckpass.diffPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112603999215453&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112611555928169&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16692
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18139
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21481
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-815
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:160
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0582.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14736
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv6.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-176-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9388
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