Bug 155917 - CAN-2003-0644 kdbg arbitrary command execution
Summary: CAN-2003-0644 kdbg arbitrary command execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kdbg
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
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Whiteboard: http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-announce&...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-04-25 18:27 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-06-02 14:32:22 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:416 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: kdbg security update 2005-06-02 04:00:00 UTC

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
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