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RHSA-2006-0548: kdebase

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Check for the version of the kdebase packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Updated kdebase packages that correct a security flaw in kdm are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment. These core packages include the KDE Display Manager (KDM). Ludwig Nussel discovered a flaw in KDM. A malicious local KDM user could use a symlink attack to read an arbitrary file that they would not normally have permissions to read. (CVE-2006-2449) Note: this issue does not affect the version of KDM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. All users of KDM should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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