Bug#327039: CAN-2005-2494: Insecure lockfile handling permits potential local root privilege escalation
Package: kdebase-bin
Version: 3.4.2-2
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole
Please see http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050905-1.txt for details
and a patch.
Cheers,
Moritz
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-rc5
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
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