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CVE-2005-2494

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%

kcheckpass in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.4.2 allows local users to gain root access via a symlink attack on lock files.

Published 2005-09-06 · CVE record · OSV

Products: kde

Distro releases

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian 3.1kdebase4:3.3.2-1sarge1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4kdebase6:3.3.1-5.13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4kdebase-debuginfo6:3.3.1-5.13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4kdebase-devel6:3.3.1-5.13