GLSA 200408-13: kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues

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Severity:	normal
Title:	kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues
Date:	08/12/2004
Bugs:	#60068
ID:	200408-13

Synopsis

KDE contains three security issues that can allow an attacker to compromise system accounts, cause a Denial of Service, or spoof websites via frame injection.

Background

KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
kde-base/kdebase	< 3.2.3-r1	>= 3.2.3-r1	All supported architectures
kde-base/kdelibs	< 3.2.3-r1	>= 3.2.3-r1	All supported architectures

Description

KDE contains three security issues:

Insecure handling of temporary files when running KDE applications outside of the KDE environment
DCOPServer creates temporary files in an insecure manner
The Konqueror browser allows websites to load webpages into a target frame of any other open frame-based webpage

Impact

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to create or overwrite files with the permissions of another user, compromise the account of users running a KDE application and insert arbitrary frames into an otherwise trusted webpage.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of kdebase.

Resolution

All KDE users should upgrade to the latest versions of kdelibs and kdebase:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"
    # emerge ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"

    # emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"
    # emerge ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.