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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200311-01.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200311-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7c14f47bb26f --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200311-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200311-01"> + <title>kdebase: KDM vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + A bug in KDM can allow privilege escalation with certain configurations of + PAM modules. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">kdebase</product> + <announced>2003-11-15</announced> + <revised>2003-11-15: 01</revised> + <bug>29406</bug> + <access>local / remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="kde-base/kdebase" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.1.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">3.1.3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + KDM is the desktop manager included with the K Desktop Environment. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Firstly, versions of KDM <=3.1.3 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation + bug with a specific configuration of PAM modules. Users who do not use PAM + with KDM and users who use PAM with regular Unix crypt/MD5 based + authentication methods are not affected. + </p> + <p> + Secondly, KDM uses a weak cookie generation algorithm. Users are advised to + upgrade to KDE 3.1.4, which uses /dev/urandom as a non-predictable source of + entropy to improve security. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote or local attacker could gain root privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running + kde-base/kdebase <=3.1.3 upgrade: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + # emerge -pv '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4' + # emerge '>=kde-base/kde-3.1.4' + # emerge clean</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0690">CAN-2003-0690</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0692">CAN-2003-0692</uri> + <uri link="http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory</uri> + </references> +</glsa> |