Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61481
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-608-1 (kdelibs)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kdelibs announced via advisory USN-608-1. 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. 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) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.04: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu14.3 Ubuntu 7.10: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu3.4 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-608-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1671 1019924 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924 28938 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938 29951 http://secunia.com/advisories/29951 29977 http://secunia.com/advisories/29977 30113 http://secunia.com/advisories/30113 ADV-2008-1370 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references GLSA-200804-30 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml MDVSA-2008:097 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097 SUSE-SR:2008:011 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html USN-608-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1 ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt kde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
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