Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-932-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a race condition in the KDE Display Manager (KDM). A local attacker could exploit this to change the permissions on arbitrary files, thus allowing privilege escalation.
Affected
kdebase-workspace vulnerability on Ubuntu 8.10 ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0436 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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