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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-34 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KDE Libraries: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: June 29, 2014 |
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Bugs: #358025, #384227, #469140, #513726 |
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ID: 201406-34 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries, the |
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worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. |
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Background |
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KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and |
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Unix-like operating systems. KDE Libraries contains libraries needed by |
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all KDE applications. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/kdelibs < 4.12.5-r1 >= 4.12.5-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries. Please |
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review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via any |
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certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority. |
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Furthermore, a local attacker may gain knowledge of user passwords |
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through an information leak. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-4.12.5-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1094 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1094 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2011-3365 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3365 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2013-2074 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2074 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2014-3494 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3494 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-34.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |