RHEL 4 : kdelibs (RHSA-2005:065)

high Nessus Plugin ID 17177

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdelibs packages that resolve security issues in Konqueror are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdelibs packages include libraries for the K Desktop Environment.

Two flaws were found in the sandbox environment used to run Java-applets in the Konqueror web browser. If a user has Java enabled in Konqueror and visits a malicious website, the website could run a carefully crafted Java-applet and obtain escalated privileges allowing reading and writing of arbitrary files with the privileges of the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1145 to this issue.

A flaw was discovered in the FTP kioslave. KDE applications such as Konqueror could be forced to execute arbitrary FTP commands via a carefully crafted ftp URL. The URL could also be crafted in such a way as to send an arbitrary email via SMTP. An attacker could make use of this flaw if a victim visits a malicious website. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2004-1165 to this issue.

Users should update to these erratum packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected kdelibs and / or kdelibs-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1145

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1165

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041220-1.txt

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050101-1.txt

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:065

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17177

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-065.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1145, CVE-2004-1165

RHSA: 2005:065