openSUSE Security Update : kde4-kdnssd (openSUSE-SU-2010:1077-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53664

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of kdenetwork fixes several bugs, the security related issues are :

- CVE-2010-1000: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N): CWE-22 The 'name' attribute of the 'file' element of metalink files is not properly sanitised this can be exploited to download files to arbitrary directories.

- CVE-2008-4776: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P): CWE-119 The included libgadu version allowed remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a buffer over-read.

Non-security issues :

- bnc#653852: kopete: ICQ login broken; login server changed

- bnc#516347: kopete cant connect to yahoo

Solution

Update the affected kde4-kdnssd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516347

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525528

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604709

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=653852

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-12/msg00043.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53664

File Name: suse_11_1_kde4-kdnssd-101119.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kget, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kdnssd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-knewsticker, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-krfb, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdenetwork4-filesharing, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kopete-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kppp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kopete, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-krdc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdenetwork4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4776, CVE-2010-1000

CWE: 119