<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200412-16"> <title>kdelibs, kdebase: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> kdelibs and kdebase contain a flaw allowing password disclosure when creating a link to a remote file. Furthermore Konqueror is vulnerable to window injection. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">KDE</product> <announced>2004-12-19</announced> <revised count="01">2004-12-19</revised> <bug>72804</bug> <bug>73869</bug> <access>remote and local</access> <affected> <package name="kde-base/kdelibs" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="rge">3.2.3-r4</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">3.3.1-r2</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">3.3.2-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.2-r1</vulnerable> </package> <package name="kde-base/kdebase" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="rge">3.2.3-r3</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">3.3.1-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.2-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. The KDE core libraries (kdebase and kdelibs) provide native support for many protocols. Konqueror is the KDE web browser and filemanager. </p> </background> <description> <p> Daniel Fabian discovered that the KDE core libraries contain a flaw allowing password disclosure by making a link to a remote file. When creating this link, the resulting URL contains authentication credentials used to access the remote file (CAN 2004-1171). </p> <p> The Konqueror webbrowser allows websites to load webpages into a window or tab currently used by another website (CAN-2004-1158). </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A malicious user could have access to the authentication credentials of other users depending on the file permissions. </p> <p> A malicious website could use the window injection vulnerability to load content in a window apparently belonging to another website. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r4"</code> <p> All kdebase users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposure</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1171">CAN 2004-1171</uri> <uri link="https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041213-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: Konqueror Window Injection Vulnerability</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1158">CAN 2004-1158</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-12-09T20:24:54Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-12-19T14:04:36Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>