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Gentoo: GLSA-201406-34 Normal: Man-In-The-Middle Risk in KDE Libraries

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2014
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A range of security flaws in KDE Frameworks may enable man-in-the-middle exploitation. Update now to protect your environment.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries, the worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo man-in-the-middle attack risk normal severity kde libraries

Resolution

All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-4.12.5-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1094 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1094 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3365 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3365 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-2074 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2074 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-3494 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3494

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-34
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: KDE Libraries: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 29, 2014
Bugs: #358025, #384227, #469140, #513726
ID: 201406-34

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo man-in-the-middle attack risk normal severity kde libraries

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Libraries, the worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. KDE Libraries contains libraries needed by all KDE applications.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/kdelibs < 4.12.5-r1 >= 4.12.5-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via any certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority. Furthermore, a local attacker may gain knowledge of user passwords through an information leak.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.