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kdebase: kdm passwordless login vulnerability

Package(s):kdebase kdm CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4569
Created:September 21, 2007 Updated:November 13, 2007
Description: According to this KDE advisory KDM can be tricked into performing a password-less login even for accounts with a password set under certain circumstances, namely autologin to be configured and "shutdown with password" enabled. KDE versions 3.3.0 up to including 3.5.7 are vulnerable.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200710-15 2007-10-14
Fedora FEDORA-2007-716 2007-10-08
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2361 2007-10-03
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:190 2007-09-27
Ubuntu USN-517-1 2007-09-24
Slackware SSA:2007-264-01 2007-09-24
rPath rPSA-2007-0194-1 2007-09-20
Debian DSA-1376 2007-09-21
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