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Debian DSA-631-1 : kdelibs - unsanitised input

high Nessus Plugin ID 16128

Synopsis

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

Description

Thiago Macieira discovered a vulnerability in the kioslave library, which is part of kdelibs, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary FTP commands via an ftp:// URL that contains a URL-encoded newline before the FTP command.

Solution

Upgrade the kdelibs3 package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-13.woody.13.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287201

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-631

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16128

File Name: debian_DSA-631.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdelibs, 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: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1165

BID: 11827

DSA: 631