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Gentoo: GLSA-200412-16 Normal: kdelibs Password Disclosure Threat

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities detected in kdelibs and kdebase packages on Gentoo Linux, impacting password management and web browser functionalities.
kdelibs and kdebase contain a flaw allowing password disclosure when creating a link to a remote file

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-16 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: kdelibs, kdebase: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 19, 2004 Bugs: #72804, #73869 ID: 200412-16

Synopsis ======= kdelibs and kdebase contain a flaw allowing password disclosure when creating a link to a remote file. Furthermore Konqueror is vulnerable to window injection.
Background ========= KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. The KDE core libraries (kdebase and kdelibs) provide native support for many protocols. Konqueror is the KDE web browser and filemanager.
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