Description
Race condition in backend/ctrl.c in KDM in KDE Software Compilation (SC) 2.2.0 through 4.4.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files, and consequently gain privileges, by blocking the removal of a certain directory that contains a control socket, related to improper interaction with ksm.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39481 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39419 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html ↗
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39506 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9999 ↗