Mandrake alert: Updated kdelibs packages fix konqueror authentication leak

Posted by dave on Jul 31, 2003 6:25 PM EDT
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A vulnerability in Konqueror was discovered where it could inadvertently send authentication credentials to websites other than the intended site in clear text via the HTTP-referer header when authentication credentials are passed as part of a URL in the form http://user:password@host/.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: kdelibs Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:079 Date: July 31st, 2003

Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

A vulnerability in Konqueror was discovered where it could inadvertently send authentication credentials to websites other than the intended site in clear text via the HTTP-referer header when authentication credentials are passed as part of a URL in the form http://user:password@host/. The provided packages have a patch that corrects this issue. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0459 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: b8bc8c31085b3953081b68e84563eafb corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.i586.rpm 2c202cd237dd49f4f722c5566bd987cc corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.i586.rpm fbdd8d3ee582d77450254a7e20c5edf5 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: a57625bd5ba6e06c4bbd6c0a9a31338e x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5-2.1mdk.x86_64.rpm 05c01ebdeed267aa9a45201880907fb9 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.0.5-2.1mdk.x86_64.rpm 72279bba0e9901ddd8d17d7db35998ef x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5-2.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0: b8bc8c31085b3953081b68e84563eafb 9.0/RPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.i586.rpm 2c202cd237dd49f4f722c5566bd987cc 9.0/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.i586.rpm fbdd8d3ee582d77450254a7e20c5edf5 9.0/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: 407505c85c575715048509488bcf9137 9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.2mdk.i586.rpm 52921509997a7688377a6000d00711b7 9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.1-58.2mdk.i586.rpm 3ab334a2170fe9bd8fc035327d0ff178 9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.1-58.2mdk.i586.rpm 7c5f0501a362ac2c89e3ea8ef882990a 9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-static-devel-3.1-58.2mdk.i586.rpm ee3757404d902cfe682f0da6e7fbebd0 9.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: e7092f9cf6c55fc0a7008e04e01e6d2c ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.2mdk.ppc.rpm 3db061e6d33b8f6c52450d81bfdd8350 ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.1-58.2mdk.ppc.rpm 310c9f897ec102364c4c3cdcd316489e ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.1-58.2mdk.ppc.rpm 759658ab119a0f16ea1d159e2e5a1f04 ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-static-devel-3.1-58.2mdk.ppc.rpm ee3757404d902cfe682f0da6e7fbebd0 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.2mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

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