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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-11 |
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PACKAGE : kde-2.2.x |
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SUMMARY : multiple vulnerabilites in KDE |
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DATE : 2003-01-18 02:47 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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- From advisory: |
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"In some instances KDE fails to properly quote parameters of |
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instructions passed to a command shell for execution. |
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These parameters may incorporate data such as URLs, filenames and |
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e-mail addresses, and this data may be provided remotely to a victim |
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in an e-mail, a webpage or files on a network filesystem or other |
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untrusted source. |
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By carefully crafting such data an attacker might be able to |
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execute arbitary commands on a vulnerable sytem using the victim's |
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account and privileges. |
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The KDE Project is aware of several possible exploits of these |
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vulnerabilities and is releasing this advisory with patches to |
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correct the issues. The patches also provide better safe guards and |
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check data from untrusted sources more strictly in multiple places." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021220-1.txt |
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INFORMATION REGARDING OTHER ARCHITECTURES THAN X86 |
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Updated kde-2.2.2 ebuilds are currently only marked stable for x86. |
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If you have succesfully compiled, merged and used kde-2.2.2 on any other |
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architecture than x86 please report this to kde@g.o. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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kde-base/kde-2.2.x upgrade to kde*-2.2.2-{r1,r2,r4} as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u \=kde-base/kde-2.2* |
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emerge clean |
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kde@g.o |
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