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RHEL 2.1 : kdelibs (RHSA-2003:193)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12400

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated KDE packages that resolve a vulnerability in KDE's SSL implementation are now available.

KDE is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System.

KDE versions 2.2.2 and earlier have a vulnerability in their SSL implementation that makes it possible for users of Konqueror and other SSL enabled KDE software to fall victim to a man-in-the-middle attack.

Users of KDE should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain KDE 2.2.2 with a backported patch to correct this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:193

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0370

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12400

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-193.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:arts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-sound, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-sound-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0370

RHSA: 2003:193