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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-23
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Low
Title: kdelibs: Cross-domain cookie injection vulnerability
Date: August 24, 2004
Bugs: #61389
ID: 200408-23
Synopsis
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The cookie manager component in kdelibs contains a vulnerability
allowing an attacker to potentially gain access to a user's session on
a legitimate web server.
Background
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KDE is a widely-used desktop environment based on the Qt toolkit.
kcookiejar in kdelibs is responsible for storing and managing HTTP
cookies. Konqueror uses kcookiejar for storing and managing cookies.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 kde-base/kdelibs <= 3.2.3-r1 ...
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}
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