CVE-2007-4569

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4569
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-21 19:17:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionbackend/session.c in KDM in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7, when autologin is configured and "shutdown with password" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement and login to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.0 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 3.4.0 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 3.5.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.1 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 3.5.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.6 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.7 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.0 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 3.4.0 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 3.5.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.1 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 3.5.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.6 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.7 All All All

References

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USN-517-1: kdm vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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