CVE-2010-0436 Information

Description

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diff http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.html http://secunia.com/advisories/39419 http://secunia.com/advisories/39481 http://secunia.com/advisories/39506 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100413-1.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39467 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0879 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570613 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57823 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9999