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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-9 |
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PACKAGE : kde-3.0.x |
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SUMMARY : multiple vulnerabilities in KDE |
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DATE : 2002-12-22 13:12 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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kde-3.0.5a is currenlty only marked stable for x86. If you have |
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succesfully compiled and merged 3.0.5a on any other architecture |
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than x86 please report this to kde@g.o. |
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INFORMATION REGARDING KDE 2.2.2 AND KDE 3.1 |
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The Gentoo KDE team is currently testing a new revision of KDE 2.2.2 |
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that includes fixes for the vulnerabilities mentioned in KDEs security |
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advisory. A new GLSA will be issued when those packages are available. |
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KDE 3.1 has not yet been released by KDE. However, masked ebuilds exist |
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in the portage tree for various release canidates. Since KDE has not |
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released a new version that fixes these vulnerabilites no update is |
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available for those who are currently running any version of the 3.1.x |
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series. If KDE releases a new RC before the official release and when |
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KDE 3.1 final is released a new GLSA will be issued to adress the |
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vulnerabilites in the 3.1.x series. |
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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-3.0.4 and earlier in the 3.0.x series update their |
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systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge kde |
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emerge clean |
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