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UNIRAS Brief - 321/05 -Two KDE Security Advisories:



 
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   UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Briefing Notice - 321/05 dated 22.04.05  Time: 14:58  
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Title
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Two KDE Security Advisories: 

1. kimgio input validation errors

2. Kommander untrusted code execution

Detail
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1. kimgio contains a PCX image file format reader that does
not properly perform input validation. A source code audit
performed by the KDE security team discovered several
vulnerabilities in the PCX and other image file format
readers, some of them exploitable to execute arbitrary
code.

2.  Kommander is a visual editor and interpreter to edit and
interpret visual dialogs and execute scripts attached to
dialog actions. Kommander executes without user confirmation data files
from possibly untrusted locations. As they contain scripts, the 
user might accidentally run arbitrary code.




1. 




KDE Security Advisory: kimgio input validation errors
Original Release Date: 2005-04-21
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt

0. References

        http://bugs.kde.org/102328
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1046


1. Systems affected:

        kdelibs as shipped with KDE 3.2 up to including KDE 3.4.


2. Overview:

        kimgio contains a PCX image file format reader that does
        not properly perform input validation. A source code audit
        performed by the KDE security team discovered several
        vulnerabilities in the PCX and other image file format
        readers, some of them exploitable to execute arbitrary
        code.


3. Impact:

        Remotly supplied, specially crafted image files can be used
        to execute arbitrary code.


4. Solution:

        Source code patches have been made available which fix these
        vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider
        for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.


5. Patch:

        A patch for KDE 3.4.0 is available from 
        ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

        78473d4dad612e6617eb6652eec2ab80  post-3.4.0-kdelibs-kimgio.diff

        A patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from 
        ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

        8366d0e5c8101c315a0bdafac54536d6  post-3.3.2-kdelibs-kimgio.diff


6. Time line and credits:

        24/03/2005 Notification of KDE by Bruno Rohee
        21/04/2005 Coordinated Public Disclosure




2. 


KDE Security Advisory: Kommander untrusted code execution
Original Release Date: 2005-04-20
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt

0. References

        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0754

1. Systems affected:

        Quanta 3.1.x, KDE 3.2 and new up to including KDE 3.4.0.


2. Overview:

        Kommander is a visual editor and interpreter to edit and
        interpret visual dialogs and execute scripts attached to
        dialog actions. 

        Kommander executes without user confirmation data files
        from possibly untrusted locations. As they contain 
        scripts, the user might accidentally run arbitrary code.


3. Impact:

        Remotly supplied kommander files from untrusted sources
        are executed without confirmation. 


4. Solution:

        Source code patches have been made available which fix these
        vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider
        for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.


5. Patch:

        A patch for KDE 3.4.0 is available from 
        ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

        c388b21d91c8326fc9757cd8786713db  post-3.4.0-kdewebdev-kommander.diff

        A patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from 
        ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

        d210c07121c1ba3a97660a6e166738e6  post-3.3.2-kdewebdev-kommander.diff


6. Time line and credits:

		13/03/2005 Notification of KDE security by Eckhart Worner
		20/04/2005 Public Disclosure


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