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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: USN-517-1 Critical: KDM Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
KDM flaw enables access bypassing password verification, heightening the potential for local privilege escalation in various Ubuntu releases.
It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks under certain circumstances

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security advisory critical local privilege escalation ubuntu kdebase issue

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-517-1 September 24, 2007

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security advisory critical local privilege escalation ubuntu kdebase issue

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