Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | KDE vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-608-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-05-06 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-05-06 |
| 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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | 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 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.04: Ubuntu 7.10: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that start_kdeinit in KDE 3 did not properly sanitize its input. A local attacker could exploit this to send signals to other processes and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-1671) |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-608-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-16 | Configuration |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17614 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17614 | ||
| Title: | USN-608-1 -- kdelibs vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that start_kdeinit in KDE 3 did not properly sanitize its input. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-608-1 CVE-2008-1671 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 | Product(s): | kdelibs |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Os | 5 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDVSA-2008:097 (kdelibs) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_097.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for kdelibs vulnerability USN-608-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_608_1.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-30 (kdelibs) File : nvt/glsa_200804_30.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-116-01 kdelibs File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_116_01.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 44631 | KDE start_kdeinit Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-097.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-09 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_kdelibs3-5223.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-09 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-608-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-01 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-30.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-04-28 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-116-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:05:04 |
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