CVE-2010-0436
N/A
Published: April 15, 2010 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKde Sc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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
References (14)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kdebase-workspace-4.3.5-CVE-2010-0436.diffVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0348.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39419Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2037Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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