CVE-2006-2449
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-2449 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-06-15 10:02:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-10-18 16:40:00 UTC |
| Description | KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Kde | Kde | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| KDE KDM Session Type Symbolic Link Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- KDM: Symlink vulnerability | GENTOO | www.gentoo.org | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for kdebase | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | VUPEN | www.vupen.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | XF | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt | CONFIRM | www.kde.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1156-1 kdebase | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | Vendor Advisory |
| KDE KDM Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian update for kdebase - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat update for kdebase - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for kdebase / KDM | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| 26511 | OSVDB | www.osvdb.org | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - KDE KDM Symlink Bug Lets Local Users View Files | SECTRACK | securitytracker.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Ubuntu update for kdm - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | SLACKWARE | slackware.com | |
| Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for kdebase3-kdm | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| USN-301-1: kdm vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| Security Announcement | SUSE | www.novell.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for kdebase | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.