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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-22.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5bedbe96fb3d --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200503-22"> + <title>KDE: Local Denial of service</title> + <synopsis> + KDE is vulnerable to a local Denial of Service attack. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">kde, dcopserver</product> + <announced>2005-03-19</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-03-19</revised> + <bug>83814</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="kde-base/kdelibs" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.3.2-r7</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">3.2.3-r8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.2-r7</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and + Unix-like Operating Systems. DCOP is KDE's simple IPC/RPC mechanism. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Sebastian Krahmer discovered that it is possible to stall the + dcopserver of other users. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could exploit this to cause a local Denial of Service + by stalling the dcopserver in the authentication process. As a result + all desktop functionality relying on DCOP will cease to function. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0396">CAN-2005-0396</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-14T06:00:10Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-19T07:23:43Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |