Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated kdebase packages fix KDM vulnerability
Informations
Name MDKSA-2007:190 First vendor Publication 2007-09-27
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2007-09-27
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.1 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

A vulnerability was discovered in KDM by Kees Huijgen where under certain circumstances and in particular configurations, KDM could be tricked into allowing users to login without a password.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:190

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10359
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10359
Title: backend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.
Description: backend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-4569
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17472
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17472
Title: USN-517-1 -- kdebase vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks under certain circumstances.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-517-1
CVE-2007-4569
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
 Product(s): kdebase
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18533
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18533
Title: DSA-1376-1 kdebase - programming error
Description: iKees Huijgen discovered that under certain circumstances KDM, an X session manager for KDE, could be tricked into allowing user logins without a password.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1376-1
CVE-2007-4569
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): kdebase
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 18

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kdebase MDKSA-2007:190 (kdebase)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_190.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for kdebase vulnerability USN-517-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_517_1.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for kdebase FEDORA-2007-2361
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2361_kdebase_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for kdebase FEDORA-2007-2985
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2985_kdebase_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for kdebase FEDORA-2007-716
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_716_kdebase_fc6.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-15 (KDM)
File : nvt/glsa_200710_15.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: kdebase3
File : nvt/freebsd_kdebase30.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1376-1 (kdebase)
File : nvt/deb_1376_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2007-264-01 kdebase, kdelibs
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2007_264_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41394 KDE KDM backend/session.c Login Password Check Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0905.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071008_kdebase_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_fileshareset-4433.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-517-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2361.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_fileshareset-4454.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200710-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0905.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-09 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2007-716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-09 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0905.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-03 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-190.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2007-264-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1376.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_79b616d066d111dcb25f02e0185f8d72.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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