FreeBSD : konquerer -- address bar spoofing (14ad2a28-66d2-11dc-b25f-02e0185f8d72)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26085

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The KDE development team reports :

The Konqueror address bar is vulnerable to spoofing attacks that are based on embedding white spaces in the url. In addition the address bar could be tricked to show an URL which it is intending to visit for a short amount of time instead of the current URL.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070914-1.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?88b38666

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26085

File Name: freebsd_pkg_14ad2a2866d211dcb25f02e0185f8d72.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 9/24/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:kdelibs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3820, CVE-2007-4224, CVE-2007-4225

CWE: 59