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USN-517-1: kdm vulnerability

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USN-517-1: kdm vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/21/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

backend/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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-kdm

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