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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52278
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: kdebase, kdelibs
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following packages are affected:

kdebase, kdelibs

CVE-2004-1171
KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, when saving credentials that are
(1) manually entered by the user or (2) created by the SMB protocol
handler, stores those credentials for plaintext in the user's .desktop
file, which may be created with world-readable permissions, which
could allow local users to obtain usernames and passwords for remote
resources such as SMB shares.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1171
BugTraq ID: 11866
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11866
Bugtraq: 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2
Bugtraq: 20041209 KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposure (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#305294
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305294
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: P-051
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-051.shtml
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:150
http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118
http://www.osvdb.org/12248
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012471
http://secunia.com/advisories/13477
http://secunia.com/advisories/13486
http://secunia.com/advisories/13560
XForce ISS Database: kde-smb-password-plaintext(18267)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18267
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