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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-11 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KDE URI Handler Vulnerabilities |
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Date: May 19, 2004 |
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Bugs: #51276 |
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ID: 200405-11 |
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Synopsis |
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Vulnerabilities in KDE URI handlers makes your system vulnerable to |
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various attacks. |
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Background |
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========== |
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The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a powerful Free Software graphical |
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desktop environment. KDE makes use of URI handlers to trigger various |
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programs when specific URLs are received. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/kdelibs <= 3.2.2 >= 3.2.2-r1 |
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= 3.1.5-r1 |
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Description |
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The telnet, rlogin, ssh and mailto URI handlers in KDE do not check for |
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'-' at the beginning of the hostname passed. By crafting a malicious |
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URI and entice an user to click on it, it is possible to pass an option |
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to the programs started by the handlers (typically telnet, kmail...). |
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Impact |
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If the attacker controls the options passed to the URI handling |
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programs, it becomes possible for example to overwrite arbitrary files |
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(possibly leading to denial of service), to open kmail on an |
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attacker-controlled remote display or with an alternate configuration |
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file (possibly leading to control of the user account). |
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Workaround |
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========== |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to |
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upgrade to a corrected version of kdelibs. |
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Resolution |
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Users of KDE 3.1 should upgrade to the corrected version of kdelibs: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv "=kde-base/kdelibs-3.1.5-r1" |
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# emerge "=kde-base/kdelibs-3.1.5-r1" |
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Users of KDE 3.2 should upgrade to the latest available version of |
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kdelibs: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.2-r1" |
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# emerge ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.2-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2004-0411 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0411 |
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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-200405-11.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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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, 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/1.0 |
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