1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-176-1

USN-176-1: kcheckpass vulnerability

Publication date

7 September 2005

Overview

kcheckpass vulnerability

Releases

Details

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a flaw in the lock file handling of
kcheckpass. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with root privileges.

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a flaw in the lock file handling of
kcheckpass. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with root privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
5.04 hoary kdebase-bin – 

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