RHEL 4 : kdelibs (RHSA-2005:393)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18279

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated kdelibs packages that fix a flaw in kimgio input validation 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.

KDE is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System.
Konqueror is the file manager for the K Desktop Environment.

A source code audit performed by the KDE security team discovered several vulnerabilities in the PCX and other image file format readers.

A buffer overflow was found in the kimgio library for KDE 3.4.0. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PCX image in such a way that it would cause kimgio to execute arbitrary code when processing the image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1046 to this issue.

All users of kdelibs should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported security patch to correct these issues.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-1046

https://bugs.kde.org/102328

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:393

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18279

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-393.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: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: 5/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1046

RHSA: 2005:393