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Debian DSA-518-1 : kdelibs - unsanitised input

high Nessus Plugin ID 15355

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

iDEFENSE identified a vulnerability in the Opera web browser that could be used by remote attackers to create or truncate arbitrary files on the victims machine. The KDE team discovered that a similar vulnerability exists in KDE.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a carefully crafted telnet URI which may either create or truncate a file in the victims home directory. In KDE 3.2 and later versions the user is first explicitly asked to confirm the opening of the telnet URI.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-13.woody.10.

We recommend that you upgrade your KDE libraries.

See Also

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040517-1.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-518

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15355

File Name: debian_DSA-518.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0411, CVE-2004-0473

BID: 10358

DSA: 518