[CLA-2004:864] Conectiva Security Announcement - kde
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:35:43 -0300
From: Conectiva Updates <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: [CLA-2004:864] Conectiva Security Announcement - kde
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : kde
SUMMARY : Fix for multiple security vulnerabilities
DATE : 2004-09-13 11:35:00
ID : CLA-2004:864
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9, 10
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DESCRIPTION
KDE[1] is a very popular graphical desktop environment available for
GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
This announcement fixes the following vulnerabilities:
1. Use of predictable directory names (CAN-2004-0689[2])
As discovered by Andrew Tuitt, KDE's usage of predictable directory
names could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service,
even allowing file overwritting.
2. Use of insecure temporary files (CAN-2004-0690[3])
KDE's DCOPServer created temporary files in an insecure manner. Since
this temporary files are used for authentication related purposes
this could potentially allow a local attacker to compromise the
account of any user which runs a KDE application.
3. Cookie injection in Konqueror (CAN-2004-0746[4])
WESTPOINT internet reconnaissance services alerted the KDE security
team that the KDE web browser Konqueror allowed websites to set
cookies for certain country specific secondary top level domains and
that it could be used as a part of a session fixation attack.
4. Frame injection in Konqueror (CAN-2004-0721[5])
A frame injection vulnerability was found by Gary McKay first on a
Mozilla browser but it also affected KDE's browser, Konqueror. A
malicious website could use this to load arbitrary content in an
arbitrary frame in any other browser window.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all users of the KDE desktop, including those
who use other desktop and only use certain KDE components such as
Konqueror, upgrade their KDE packages.
IMPORTANT: in order to close the vulnerbilities, all KDE applications
have to be restarted.
REFERENCES
1.http://www.kde.org
2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0689
3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0690
4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0746
5.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0721
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/kdebase-3.2.3-63234U10_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/kdelibs3-3.2.3-63233U10_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/kdelibs-docbook-3.2.3-63233U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/kdelibs3-3.2.3-63233U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/kdelibs3-devel-3.2.3-63233U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/kdelibs3-devel-static-3.2.3-63233U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/konqueror-3.2.3-63234U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libkonq4-3.2.3-63234U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/kdebase-3.1.5-28535U90_5cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/kdelibs3-3.1.5-28927U90_6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdebase-libkonq-3.1.5-28535U90_5cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdelibs-docbook-3.1.5-28927U90_6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdelibs3-3.1.5-28927U90_6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/kdelibs3-devel-3.1.5-28927U90_6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/konqueror-3.1.5-28535U90_5cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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