Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kdm (kdebase) announced via advisory DSA 2037-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202037-1
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that a race condition in the KDE Desktop Environment's KDM display manager, allow a local user to elevate privileges to root.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your kdm package.
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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