CESA-2006:0582: kdebase security fix
Description
Updated kdebase packages that resolve several bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the CentOS Security Response Team.
The kdebase packages provide the core applications for KDE, the K Desktop Environment. These core packages include the file manager Konqueror. Ilja van Sprundel discovered a lock file handling flaw in kcheckpass. If the directory /var/lock is writable by a user who is allowed to run kcheckpass, that user could gain root privileges. In CentOS Linux, the /var/lock directory is not writable by users and therefore this flaw could only have been exploited if the permissions on that directory have been badly configured. A patch to block this issue has been included in this update. (CVE-2005-2494) The following bugs have also been addressed: - kstart --tosystray does not send the window to the system tray in Kicker - When the customer enters or selects URLs in Firefox's address field, the desktop freezes for a couple of seconds - fish kioslave is broken on 64-bit systems All users of kdebase should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain patches to resolve these issues.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-kdebase
- centos-upgrade-kdebase-devel
- Lightweight Endpoint Agent
- Live Dashboards
- Real Risk Prioritization
- IT-Integrated Remediation Projects
- Cloud, Virtual, and Container Assessment
- Integrated Threat Feeds
- Easy-to-Use RESTful API
- Automation-Assisted Patching
- Automated Containment
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