Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for kdebase. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kdebase
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27106
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27106/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for kdebase. This fixes a security issue
and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious people
to conduct spoofing attacks.
For more information:
SA26091
SA26351
SA26894
SOLUTION:
Updates are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0905.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26091:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26091/
SA26351:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26351/
SA26894:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26894/
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