Description
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier uses a weak session cookie generation algorithm that does not provide 128 bits of entropy, which allows attackers to guess session cookies via brute force methods and gain access to the user session.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374551513499&w=2 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A215 ↗
- http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/suse/security/2002/12/msg00101.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-270.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:091 ↗
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-288.html ↗