14813 : KDE Desktop Communication Protocol dcopserver Local DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-03-16

Description

KDE contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is due to an error in the authentication process in the DCOP (Desktop Communication Protocol) daemon (dcopserver), and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

KDE Project

KDE

3.3

References

Security Tracker: 1013453
Secunia Advisory ID: 14591 14605 14626 14682 14704 14859 14914
CVE ID: 2005-0396 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000953
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-1.txt
Other Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-307.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-22.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:058
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_kdelibs3.html
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:325

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Credit

Sebastian Krahmer - krahmersuse.de - SuSE

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-07 | Disagree?

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