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Bug 155917

Summary:	CAN-2003-0644 kdbg arbitrary command execution
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	kdbg	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-announce&m=106296509815092&w=2
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-04-25 18:27:58 UTC

Kdbg 1.1.0 through 1.2.8 does not check permissions of the .kdbgrc file, which
allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-announce&m=106296509815092&w=2

Comment 1 Than Ngo 2005-04-27 17:03:45 UTC

it's now fixed in kdbg-1.2.1-7, built it in 2.1AS-errata-candidate tree

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-06-02 14:32:22 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-416.html