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Debian DSA-804-1 : kdelibs - insecure permissions

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19611

Synopsis

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

Description

KDE developers have reported a vulnerability in the backup file handling of Kate and Kwrite. The backup files are created with default permissions, even if the original file had more strict permissions set. This could disclose information unintendedly.

Solution

Upgrade the kdelibs packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.2-6.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19611

File Name: debian_DSA-804.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1920

DSA: 804