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GLSA-200504-22 : KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 18125

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-200504-22 (KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow)

 kimgio fails to properly validate input when handling PCX files.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to load a specially crafted PCX image in a KDE application, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-22

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18125

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-22.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1046

GLSA: 200504-22