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CVE-2005-2494

Status Candidate

Overview

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

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Debian Linux Security Advisory 815-1
Posted Sep 20, 2005
Authored by Debian | Site debian.org

Debian Security Advisory DSA 815-1 - Ilja van Sprundel discovered a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access.

tags | advisory, root
systems | linux, debian
advisories | CVE-2005-2494
SHA-256 | b155825f61d54781f87768ef4356bafdbe992c04e8ff2d5b30a1c6e01f40c8da
adv6.pdf
Posted Sep 8, 2005
Authored by Ilja van Sprundel | Site suresec.org

Suresec Security Advisory - A lockfile handling error was found in kcheckpass which can, in certain configurations, be used to create world writable files. kdebase versions 3.2.0 through 3.4.2 are susceptible.

tags | advisory
advisories | CVE-2005-2494
SHA-256 | a3aa3af306ee8b641cb1cb6ed4cf51efb1c6a63968d144463c1c600707cd4c6e
Ubuntu Security Notice 176-1
Posted Sep 8, 2005
Authored by Ubuntu, Martin Pitt | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-176-1 - Ilja van Sprundel discovered a flaw in the lock file handling of kcheckpass. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local, root
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2005-2494
SHA-256 | b419e916d6eaef50b8207c2fddbe8550191cd454338f309985dd513d0f2b8933
KDE Security Advisory 2005-09-05.1
Posted Sep 7, 2005
Authored by KDE Desktop | Site kde.org

KDE Security Advisory: Ilja van Sprundel from suresec.org notified the KDE security team about a serious lock file handling error in kcheckpass that can, in some configurations, be used to gain root access. In order for an exploit to succeed, the directory /var/lock has to be writeable for a user that is allowed to invoke kcheckpass. Affected are all KDE releases starting from KDE 3.2.0 up to including KDE 3.4.2.

tags | advisory, root
advisories | CVE-2005-2494
SHA-256 | e4126780e1718411fc8d987b510d320c1017a094f233983191e32430a74092d1
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