GLSA 200412-16: kdelibs, kdebase: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	kdelibs, kdebase: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/19/2004
Bugs:	#72804, #73869
ID:	200412-16

Synopsis

kdelibs and kdebase contain a flaw allowing password disclosure when creating a link to a remote file. Furthermore Konqueror is vulnerable to window injection.

Background

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. The KDE core libraries (kdebase and kdelibs) provide native support for many protocols. Konqueror is the KDE web browser and filemanager.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
kde-base/kdelibs	< 3.3.2-r1	>= 3.2.3-r4	All supported architectures
kde-base/kdebase	< 3.3.2-r1	>= 3.2.3-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Daniel Fabian discovered that the KDE core libraries contain a flaw allowing password disclosure by making a link to a remote file. When creating this link, the resulting URL contains authentication credentials used to access the remote file (CAN 2004-1171).

The Konqueror webbrowser allows websites to load webpages into a window or tab currently used by another website (CAN-2004-1158).

Impact

A malicious user could have access to the authentication credentials of other users depending on the file permissions.

A malicious website could use the window injection vulnerability to load content in a window apparently belonging to another website.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r4"

All kdebase users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.