Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2003:747.
KDE is a very popular graphical desktop environment available for GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
This update includes fixes for several vulnerabilities in the KDE versions distributed with Conectiva Linux:
- Konqueror Referrer Leaking Website Authentication Credentials[1]. - KDM privilege escalation with specific PAM modules[3]. - KDM weak session cookies[3]. - PS/PDF file handling vulnerability[6]. (Conectiva Linux 8 only)*
* A previous announcement[8] (CLSA-2003:668) has already included the fixes for Conectiva Linux 9.
Please note that the KDE packages for Conectiva Linux 8 are being updated to the 3.0.5b version[9], added of patches for the two first aforementioned vulnerabilities. In the case of Conectiva Linux 9, only the affected packages are being updated (with patches).
KDE users from Conectiva Linux 7.0 are also vulnerable to these issues and to a Konqueror Embedded SSL vulnerability[10]. It's recommended that these users upgrade to Conectiva Linux 8 or Conectiva Linux 9, which contain several improvements for desktop users.
Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0459 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030916-1.txt http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0690 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0692 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0204 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000668&idioma=en http://www.kde.org/info/3.0.5b.php http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.txt http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:747 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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