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CVE-2006-2449 Detail

Description

KDE Display Manager (KDM) in KDE 3.2.0 up to 3.5.3 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to the session type for login.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20602 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20660 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20674 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20702 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20869 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21662 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.444467 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:106 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/26511 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2449
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.