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Debian DSA-459-1 : kdelibs - cookie path traversal

high Nessus Plugin ID 15296

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in KDE where the path restrictions on cookies could be bypassed using encoded relative path components (e.g., '/../'). This means that a cookie which should only be sent by the browser to an application running at /app1, the browser could inadvertently include it with a request sent to /app2 on the same server.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in kdelibs version 4:2.2.2-6woody3 and kdelibs-crypto version 4:2.2.2-13.woody.9.

We recommend that you update your kdelibs and kdelibs-crypto packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15296

File Name: debian_DSA-459.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs-crypto, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0592

BID: 9841

DSA: 459