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GLSA-200501-34 : Konversation: Various vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 16425

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-200501-34 (Konversation: Various vulnerabilities)

 Wouter Coekaerts has discovered three vulnerabilities within Konversation:
 The Server::parseWildcards function, which is used by the 'Quick Buttons', does not properly handle variable expansion (CAN-2005-0129).
 Perl scripts included with Konversation do not properly escape shell metacharacters (CAN-2005-0130).
 The 'Nick' and 'Password' fields in the Quick Connect dialog can be easily confused (CAN-2005-0131).
 Impact :

 A malicious server could create specially crafted channels, which would exploit certain flaws in Konversation, potentially leading to the execution of shell commands. A user could also unintentionally input their password into the 'Nick' field in the Quick Connect dialog, exposing his password to IRC users, and log files.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Konversation users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/konversation-0.15.1'

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-34

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16425

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-34.nasl

Version: 1.20

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:konversation, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0129, CVE-2005-0130, CVE-2005-0131

GLSA: 200501-34