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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2003:079)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14062

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in Konqueror was discovered where it could inadvertently send authentication credentials to websites other than the intended site in clear text via the HTTP-referer header when authentication credentials are passed as part of a URL in the form http://user:password@host/.

The provided packages have a patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14062

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-079.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs-common, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0459

MDKSA: 2003:079