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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200804-30">
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<title>KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>
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Multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit could possibly allow a local
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attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">kdelibs</product>
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<announced>April 29, 2008</announced>
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<revised>April 08, 2009: 02</revised>
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<bug>218933</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="kde-base/kdelibs" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="rge">3.5.8-r4</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="rge">3.5.9-r3</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="gt">4.0</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="lt">3.5.5</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="rge">3.5.10-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.0</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and
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Unix-like operating systems. start_kdeinit is a wrapper for kdeinit.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled
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data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root
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privileges, cause a Denial of Service or send Unix signals to other
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processes, when start_kdeinit is setuid root.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1671">CVE-2008-1671</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:59 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:20:59 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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