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title: "CVE-2007-5963\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-5963

Publication date 19 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in kdebase allows local users to cause a denial
of service (KDM login inaccessible, or resource consumption) via unknown
vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5963?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kdebase | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5963?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

DoS, but can be easily worked around and requires an unlikely setup
gutsy fixed in -updates 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2.1

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

this is an annoying local DoS, but not something we'll issues a security update for.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| kdebase | * Other:   <http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kdm/backend/inifile.c?r1=587959&r2=746023> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5963)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5963)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5963)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5963)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5963>