kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues

kdebase, kdelibs: Multiple security issues KDE contains three security issues that can allow an attacker to compromise system accounts, cause a Denial of Service, or spoof websites via frame injection. kde, kdebase, kdelibs 2004-08-12 2004-08-12 60068 remote and local 3.2.3-r1 3.2.3-r1 3.2.3-r1 3.2.3-r1

KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems.

KDE contains three security issues:

Insecure handling of temporary files when running KDE applications outside of the KDE environment
DCOPServer creates temporary files in an insecure manner
The Konqueror browser allows websites to load webpages into a target frame of any other open frame-based webpage

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to create or overwrite files with the permissions of another user, compromise the account of users running a KDE application and insert arbitrary frames into an otherwise trusted webpage.

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of kdebase.

All KDE users should upgrade to the latest versions of kdelibs and kdebase:


    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"
    # emerge ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"

    # emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"
    # emerge ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"

KDE Advisory: Temporary Directory Vulnerability KDE Advisory: DCOPServer Temporary Filename Vulnerability KDE Advisory: Konqueror Frame Injection Vulnerability jaervosz