GLSA-200408-13 : kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14569

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-13 (kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues)

KDE contains three security issues:
Insecure handling of temporary files when running KDE applications outside of the KDE environment DCOPServer creates temporary files in an insecure manner The Konqueror browser allows websites to load webpages into a target frame of any other open frame-based webpage Impact :

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to create or overwrite files with the permissions of another user, compromise the account of users running a KDE application and insert arbitrary frames into an otherwise trusted webpage.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of kdebase.

Solution

All KDE users should upgrade to the latest versions of kdelibs and kdebase:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1' # emerge '>=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1' # emerge -pv '>=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1' # emerge '>=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14569

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-13.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2004

Reference Information

GLSA: 200408-13

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