CVE-2010-0436 – kdm privilege escalation flaw

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2010-0436

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. Condición de carrera en backend/ctrl.c en KDM en KDE Software Compilation (SC) v2.2.0 hasta v4.4.2 permite a usuarios locales cambiar de ficheros a su elección, y consecuentemente obtener privelegios, bloqueando el borrado de varios directorios que contienen sockets de control, relacionado con la interacción inadecuada con ksm. • 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/ • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') •