1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200804-30 / kdelibs |
| Release Date | April 29, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | April 08, 2009: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | local |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| kde-base/kdelibs | < 4.0 | revision >= 3.5.8-r4, revision >= 3.5.9-r3, > 4.0, < 3.5.5, revision >= 3.5.10-r2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #218933
Multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit could possibly allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. start_kdeinit is a wrapper for kdeinit.
Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default.
A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges, cause a Denial of Service or send Unix signals to other processes, when start_kdeinit is setuid root.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4" |