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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50972
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:236
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2003:236.

KDE is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System.
Konqueror is the file manager for the K Desktop Environment.

George Staikos reported that Konqueror may inadvertently send
authentication credentials to websites other than the intended website in
clear text via the HTTP-referer header. This can occur when authentication
credentials are passed as part of a URL in the form http://user:password@host/

Users of Konqueror are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which
contain a backported security patch correcting this issue.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-236.html
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0459
Bugtraq: 20030802 [slackware-security] KDE packages updated (SSA:2003-213-01) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105986238428061&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:747
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747
Debian Security Information: DSA-361 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-361
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/007300.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:079
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A411
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-235.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-236.html
TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2003-45
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-45.txt
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