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RHEL 2.1 : kdelibs (RHSA-2004:074)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12472

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdelibs packages that fix a flaw in cookie path handling are now available.

Konqueror is a file manager and Web browser for the K Desktop Environment (KDE).

Flaws have been found in the cookie path handling between a number of Web browsers and servers. The HTTP cookie standard allows a Web server supplying a cookie to a client to specify a subset of URLs on the origin server to which the cookie applies. Web servers such as Apache do not filter returned cookies and assume that the client will only send back cookies for requests that fall within the server-supplied subset of URLs. However, by supplying URLs that use path traversal (/../) and character encoding, it is possible to fool many browsers into sending a cookie to a path outside of the originally-specified subset.

KDE version 3.1.3 and later include a patch to Konquerer that disables the sending of cookies to the server if the URL contains such encoded traversals. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 shipped with KDE 2.2.2 and is therefore vulnerable to this issue.

Users of Konquerer are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported patch for this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0592

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:074

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12472

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-074.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:arts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-sound, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-sound-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0592

RHSA: 2004:074