USN-517-1: kdm vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• kdebase -

Details

It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks
under certain circumstances. If autologin was configured, and "shutdown
with password" enabled, a local user could exploit the problem and gain
root privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.04

• kdm - 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu20.4

Ubuntu 6.10

• kdm - 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6

Ubuntu 6.06

• kdm - 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-4569