GLSA 200804-30: KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	04/29/2008
Bugs:	#218933
ID:	200804-30

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in start_kdeinit could possibly allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Background

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. start_kdeinit is a wrapper for kdeinit.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
kde-base/kdelibs	< 4.0	>= 3.5.8-r4	All supported architectures

Description

Vulnerabilities have been reported in the processing of user-controlled data by start_kdeinit, which is setuid root by default.

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r4"

References

CVE-2008-1671

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.