RHEL 4 : kdelibs (RHSA-2005:325)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17625

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated kdelibs packages that fix several security issues 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.

The kdelibs package provides libraries for the K Desktop Environment.

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in the Konqueror browser allowed remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names. Such domain names are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0237 to this issue.

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a flaw in dcopserver, the KDE Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon. A local user could use this flaw to stall the DCOP authentication process, affecting any local desktop users and causing a reduction in their desktop functionality. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0396 to this issue.

A flaw in the dcopidlng script was discovered. The dcopidlng script would create temporary files with predictable filenames which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0365 to this issue.

Users of KDE should upgrade to these erratum packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17625

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-325.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/25/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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: 3/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0237, CVE-2005-0365, CVE-2005-0396

RHSA: 2005:325

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