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GLSA-200501-18 : KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 16409

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-18 (KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection)

 The FTP KIOslave fails to properly parse URL-encoded newline characters.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary FTP commands on the server and due to similiarities between the FTP and the SMTP protocol, this vulnerability also allows an attacker to connect to a SMTP server and issue arbitrary commands, for example sending an email.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050101-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16409

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-18.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:gentoo:linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1165

GLSA: 200501-18