CVE-2006-2449

Published: 15 June 2006

KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
kdebase Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (3.5.2-0ubuntu27.1)
	edgy	Released (3.5.5-0ubuntu3.5)
	feisty	Released (3.5.6-0ubuntu20.2)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-301-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2449
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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