-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kde SUMMARY : Fix for multiple security vulnerabilities DATE : 2004-09-13 11:35:00 ID : CLA-2004:864 RELEVANT RELEASES : 9, 10 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. 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