Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | kcheckpass vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-176-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-09-07 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-09-07 |
| 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:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: kdebase-bin The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu18.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Ilja van Sprundel discovered a flaw in the lock file handling of kcheckpass. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-176-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9388 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9388 | ||
| Title: | kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files. | ||
| Description: | kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-2494 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 815-1 (kdebase) File : nvt/deb_815_1.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-251-01 kcheckpass in kdebase File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2005_251_01.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 19220 | KDE kcheckpass Lockfile Handling Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-08-30 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-08-14 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-176-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2005-251-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-160.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-09-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-815.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:01:40 |
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