USN-608-1: KDE vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04

Packages

• kdelibs -

Details

It was discovered that start_kdeinit in KDE 3 did not properly sanitize
its input. A local attacker could exploit this to send signals to other
processes and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2008-1671)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 7.04

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu14.3

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-1671