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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.
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.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.10 karmic | kdm – 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.2 | ||
| 9.04 jaunty | kdm – 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu2.1 | ||
| 8.10 intrepid | kdm – 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid3.2 | ||
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