Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-608-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that start_kdeinit in KDE 3 did not properly sanitize its input. A local attacker could exploit this to send signals to other processes and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-1671)
Affected
kdelibs vulnerability on Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10 ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1671 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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