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Debian DSA-361-2 : kdelibs, kdelibs-crypto - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 15198
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in kdelibs :- CAN-2003-0459: KDE Konqueror for KDE 3.1.2 and earlier does not remove authentication credentials from URLs of the 'user:password@host' form in the HTTP-Referer header, which could allow remote web sites to steal the credentials for pages that link to the sites.
- CAN-2003-0370: Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle attack.
These vulnerabilities are described in the following security advisories from KDE :
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Solution
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.2-13.woody.8 of kdelibs and 2.2.2-6woody2 of kdelibs-crypto.We recommend that you update your kdelibs and kdelibs-crypto packages.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 15198
File Name: debian_DSA-361.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2004
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs-crypto, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-0370, CVE-2003-0459
DSA: 361