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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53890
Category:Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2003-213-01)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'KDE' package(s) announced via the SSA:2003-213-01 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'KDE' package(s) announced via the SSA:2003-213-01 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
New KDE packages are available for Slackware 9.0. These address a
security issue where Konqueror may leak authentication credentials.


Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
Fri Aug 1 15:15:51 PDT 2003
patches/packages/kde/*: Upgraded to KDE 3.1.3.
Note that this update addresses a security problem in Konqueror which may
cause authentication credentials to be leaked to an unintended website
through the HTTP-referer header when they have been entered into Konqueror
as a URL of the form:
http://user:password@example.com/
For more information about this issue, please see the KDE advisory:
[link moved to references]
We recommend that sites running KDE install this update.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kdei/*: New internationalization packages for KDE 3.1.3.
+--------------------------+

Affected Software/OS:
'KDE' package(s) on Slackware 9.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

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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