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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200304-04 |
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PACKAGE : kde-3.x |
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SUMMARY : aribitrary code execution |
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DATE : 2003-04-10 15:34 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.1.1a || <3.0.5b |
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FIXED VERSION : >=3.1.1a || >=3.0.5b |
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CVE : |
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- From advisory: |
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"KDE uses Ghostscript software for processing of PostScript (PS) |
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and PDF files in a way that allows for the execution of arbitrary |
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commands that can be contained in such files. |
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An attacker can prepare a malicious PostScript or PDF file which will |
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provide the attacker with access to the victim's account and privileges |
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when the victim opens this malicious file for viewing or when the |
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victim browses a directory containing such malicious file and has |
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file previews enabled. |
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An attacker can provide malicious files remotely to a victim in an |
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e-mail, as part of a webpage, via an ftp server and possible other |
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means." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt |
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INFORMATION REGARDING OTHER ARCHITECTURES THAN X86 |
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kde-3.1.1a and kde-3.0.5b are currently only marked stable for x86. |
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If you have succesfully compiled and merged 3.1.1a or 3.0.5a on any |
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other 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 upgrade to kde-3.1.1a or kde-3.0.5b as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge kde OR \=kde-base/kde-3.0.5b |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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kde@g.o |
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