Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3987c5d1-47a9-11df-a0d5-0016d32f24fb.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
kdebase
kdebase-workspace
CVE-2010-0436
Race condition in backend/ctrl.c in KDM in KDE Software Compilation (SC) 2.2.0 through 4.4.2 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files, and consequently gain privileges, by blocking the removal of a certain directory that contains a control socket, related to improper interaction with ksm.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2010-0436 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities