CVE-2006-2449

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2449
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-15 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:40:00 UTC
DescriptionKDE 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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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

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