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The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2004:864.
KDE[1] is a very popular graphical desktop environment available for GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
This announcement fixes the following vulnerabilities:
1. Use of predictable directory names (CVE-2004-0689[2])
As discovered by Andrew Tuitt, KDE's usage of predictable directory names could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service, even allowing file overwritting.
2. Use of insecure temporary files (CVE-2004-0690[3])
KDE's DCOPServer created temporary files in an insecure manner. Since this temporary files are used for authentication related purposes this could potentially allow a local attacker to compromise the account of any user which runs a KDE application.
3. Cookie injection in Konqueror (CVE-2004-0746[4])
WESTPOINT internet reconnaissance services alerted the KDE security team that the KDE web browser Konqueror allowed websites to set cookies for certain country specific secondary top level domains and that it could be used as a part of a session fixation attack.
4. Frame injection in Konqueror (CVE-2004-0721[5])
A frame injection vulnerability was found by Gary McKay first on a Mozilla browser but it also affected KDE's browser, Konqueror. A malicious website could use this to load arbitrary content in an arbitrary frame in any other browser window.
Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'
http://www.kde.org http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0689 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0690 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0746 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0721 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2004:864 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002004
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.5
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