Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for kdm. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for kdm
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27180
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27180/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for kdm. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.
For more information:
SA26894
SOLUTION:
All KDM users:
Update to "kde-base/kdm-3.5.7-r2" or later.
All kdebase users:
Update to "kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7-r4" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-15.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26894:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26894/
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