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Slackware 10.x: 2006-178-01 Critical KDM Local File Read Issue

New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KDM (the KDE login manager) which could be exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here: . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] kdebase kdm local file reading vulnerability (SSA:2006-178-01) New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KDM (the KDE login manager) which could be exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here: https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2449 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz: Patched a problem with kdm where it could be abused to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here: https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt The CVE entry for this issue may be found here: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2449 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/kdebase-3.2.3-i486-4_slack10.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/kdebase-3.3.2-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.0 package: 70c7adc94a16c3e66a59e0cb4c47c0f2 kdebase-3.2.3-i486-4_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 70b86d1f8412cf4a8d31037a15c288e7 kdebase-3.3.2-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: cb89a316532b897454388c004b9aa6ec kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 57977010882f353df29e5b46bb9ddb74 kdebase-3.5.3-i486-2.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg kdebase-3.4.2-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz +-----+ . Obtain security patch for kdebase fixing internal file access vulnerability in Slackware. Consult complete advisory for further information.. KDE, Slackware, Security Update, KDM, File Access. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 28, 2006 •Critical Slackware