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Ubuntu 10.10: USN-1110-1 Moderate: KDE-Libs Man In The Middle Threat

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An attacker could send crafted input to Konqueror to view sensitive information.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1110-1
April 14, 2011

kde4libs vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 9.10

Summary:

An attacker could send crafted input to Konqueror to view sensitive
information.

Software Description:
- kde4libs: KDE 4 core applications

Details:

It was discovered that KDE KSSL did not properly verify X.509 certificates
when the certificate was issued for an IP address. An attacker could
exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive
information or alter encrypted communications. (CVE-2011-1094)

Tim Brown discovered that KDE KHTML did not properly escape URLs from
externally generated error pages. An attacker could expoit this to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if
a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server
request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or
steal confidential data (such as passwords), within the same domain.
(CVE-2011-1168)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libkhtml5                       4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1
  libkio5                         4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  kdelibs5                        4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 9.10:
  kdelibs5                        4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.3

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use KSSL or KHTML, such as Konqueror, to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  CVE-2011-1094, CVE-2011-1168

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.3


Ubuntu 10.10: USN-1110-1 Moderate: KDE-Libs Man In The Middle Threat

ubuntu
Calendar Grey April 14, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
KDE-Libs security flaws can enable malicious actors to access confidential information or perform cross-site scripting exploits.
An attacker could send crafted input to Konqueror to view sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: libkhtml5 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1 libkio5 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: kdelibs5 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 9.10: kdelibs5 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.3 After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use KSSL or KHTML, such as Konqueror, to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2011-1094, CVE-2011-1168

April 14, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.3

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