kde up to 3.0.4 certain denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in kde. Affected by this vulnerability is the function certain. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0078. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kde. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function certain. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the kde screen saver in kde before 3.0.5 does not properly check the return value from a certain function call which allows attackers with physical access to cause a crash and access the desktop session.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2005. The weakness was shared 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0078 since 01/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16262 (Debian DSA-660-1 : kdebase - missing return value check), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19084), Tenable (16262), SecurityFocus (BID 12373†), OSVDB (13204†) and Secunia (SA14045†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 16262
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-660-1 : kdebase - missing return value check
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OpenVAS ID: 53491
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 660-1 (kdebse)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2005 🔍
01/26/2005 +12 days 🔍
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02/10/2005 +15 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +81 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
06/06/2019 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24299

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X-Force: 19084
SecurityFocus: 12373 - KDE Screensaver Lock Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 14045
OSVDB: 13204 - kdebase screensaver security bypass
Vulnerability Center: 7042 - The KDE Screen Saver 2.0 - 2.2.2 Allows Obtaining Access to the Desktop, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/06/2019 00:19
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (67), 06/06/2019 00:19 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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