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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200504-23 ] Kommander: Insecure remote script execution
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:19:44
Message-Id: 200504221922.19299.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Kommander: Insecure remote script execution
9 Date: April 22, 2005
10 Bugs: #89092
11 ID: 200504-23
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15 Synopsis
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18 Kommander executes remote scripts without confirmation, potentially
19 resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and
25 Unix-like Operating Systems. Kommander is a visual dialog editor and
26 interpreter for KDE applications, part of the kdewebdev package.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 kde-base/kdewebdev < 3.3.2-r1 >= 3.3.2-r1
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36 Description
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39 Kommander executes data files from possibly untrusted locations without
40 user confirmation.
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42 Impact
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45 An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
46 permissions of the user running Kommander.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All kdewebdev users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdewebdev-3.3.2-r1"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0754
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0754
66 [ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: Kommander untrusted code execution
67 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-23.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0