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RHEL 4 : kdelibs (RHSA-2005:325)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 17625
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kdelibs.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:325 advisory.The kdelibs package provides libraries for the K Desktop Environment.
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in the Konqueror browser allowed remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names. Such domain names are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0237 to this issue.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a flaw in dcopserver, the KDE Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon. A local user could use this flaw to stall the DCOP authentication process, affecting any local desktop users and causing a reduction in their desktop functionality. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0396 to this issue.
A flaw in the dcopidlng script was discovered. The dcopidlng script would create temporary files with predictable filenames which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0365 to this issue.
Users of KDE should upgrade to these erratum packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL kdelibs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:325.See Also
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-1.txt
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-3.txt
http://www.nessus.org/u?93ada675
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=147405
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=148822
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 17625
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-325.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/25/2005
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0237
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0365
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2005
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-0237, CVE-2005-0365, CVE-2005-0396
RHSA: 2005:325