Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Important: kdebase on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Important: kdebase security update
Issue date:	2010-04-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-0436

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the KDE Display Manager (KDM). 
A local user with console access could trigger a race condition, 
possibly resulting in the permissions of an arbitrary file being set to 
world writable, allowing privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-0436)

The system should be rebooted for this update to take effect. After the 
reboot, administrators should manually remove all leftover user-owned 
dmctl-* directories in "/var/run/xdmctl/".

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
kdebase-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.src.rpm
      i386:
kdebase-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
kdebase-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.3.1-13.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.src.rpm
      i386:
kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2010-0436 Important: kdebase SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Important: kdebase security update

Summary

possibly resulting in the permissions of an arbitrary file being set toworld writable, allowing privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-0436)The system should be rebooted for this update to take effect. After thereboot, administrators should manually remove all leftover user-owneddmctl-* directories in "/var/run/xdmctl/".



Security Fixes

Severity
Issued Date: : 2010-04-14
CVE Names: CVE-2010-0436
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the KDE Display Manager (KDM).
A local user with console access could trigger a race condition,

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