Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 15, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2449
CVE-2006-2449
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.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
25- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0548.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20602nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20660nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20674nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20702nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20785nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20869nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20890nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21662nvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1156nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-1.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_39_kdm.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-23.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/26511nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437133/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437322/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18431nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2355nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27181nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9844nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/301-1/nvd
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