Ubuntu Security Notice USN-176-1
7th September, 2005
kdebase vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
Ilja van Sprundel discovered a flaw in the lock file handling of
kcheckpass. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with root privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- kdebase-bin
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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