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Debian DSA-714-1 : kdelibs - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18143

Synopsis

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

Description

KDE security team discovered several vulnerabilities in the PCX and other image file format readers in the KDE core libraries, some of them exploitable to execute arbitrary code. To a small extent the packages in woody are affected as well.

Solution

Upgrade the kdelibs packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-13.woody.14.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-714

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18143

File Name: debian_DSA-714.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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: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

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1046

DSA: 714