GLSA 200504-23: Kommander: Insecure remote script execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Kommander: Insecure remote script execution
Date:	04/22/2005
Bugs:	#89092
ID:	200504-23

Synopsis

Kommander executes remote scripts without confirmation, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. Kommander is a visual dialog editor and interpreter for KDE applications, part of the kdewebdev package.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
kde-base/kdewebdev	< 3.3.2-r2	>= 3.3.2-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Kommander executes data files from possibly untrusted locations without user confirmation.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Kommander.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All kdewebdev users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdewebdev-3.3.2-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-23.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.