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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-34 ] KDE Libraries: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:51:58
Message-Id: 53B07CF3.6060408@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: KDE Libraries: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 29, 2014
10 Bugs: #358025, #384227, #469140, #513726
11 ID: 201406-34
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries, the
19 worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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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. KDE Libraries contains libraries needed by
26 all KDE applications.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 kde-base/kdelibs < 4.12.5-r1 >= 4.12.5-r1
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via any
46 certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority.
47 Furthermore, a local attacker may gain knowledge of user passwords
48 through an information leak.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-4.12.5-r1"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2011-1094
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1094
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3365
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3365
70 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-2074
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2074
72 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-3494
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3494
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-34.xml
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
96 belongs to its owner(s).
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
99 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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101 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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