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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2005-2494

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2005-2494

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/06/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kdebase3-beagle

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