Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59206
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-517-1 (kdebase)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kdebase announced via advisory USN-517-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks under certain circumstances. If autologin was configured, and shutdown with password enabled, a local user could exploit the problem and gain root privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: kdm 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2 Ubuntu 6.10: kdm 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6 Ubuntu 7.04: kdm 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to affect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-517-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.8
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4569 1018724 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018724 25730 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25730 26894 http://secunia.com/advisories/26894 26904 http://secunia.com/advisories/26904 26915 http://secunia.com/advisories/26915 26929 http://secunia.com/advisories/26929 26977 http://secunia.com/advisories/26977 27089 http://secunia.com/advisories/27089 27096 http://secunia.com/advisories/27096 27106 http://secunia.com/advisories/27106 27180 http://secunia.com/advisories/27180 27271 http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 ADV-2007-3227 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3227 DSA-1376 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1376 FEDORA-2007-2361 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00022.html FEDORA-2007-716 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00084.html GLSA-200710-15 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-15.xml MDKSA-2007:190 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:190 RHSA-2007:0905 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0905.html SUSE-SR:2007:021 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html USN-517-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-517-1 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070919-1.txt https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1725 kde-kdm-login-security-bypass(36711) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36711 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10359 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10359
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