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Ubuntu 13.04 USN-1842-1 Critical: KDE-Libs Credentials Leak

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2013
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KDE-Libs security flaw compromises online login details in Ubuntu; urgent patches released for impacted versions.
KDE-Libs could be made to expose web credentials.

Summary

KDE-Libs could be made to expose web credentials.

Software Description:

- kde4libs: KDE 4 core applications and libraries

Details:

It was discovered that KIO would sometimes display web authentication

credentials under certain error conditions. If a user were tricked into

opening a specially crafted web page, an attacker could potentially exploit

this to expose confidential information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu update instructions exposure credentials KDE-Libs

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  libkio5                         4:4.10.2-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libkio5                         4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libkio5                         4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use KIO from KDE-Libs, such as Konqueror, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1842-1

CVE-2013-2074

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1842-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu update instructions exposure credentials KDE-Libs

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.10.2-0ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2

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