=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3042-1
July 26, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

KDE-Libs could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- kde4libs: KDE 4 core applications and libraries

Details:

Andreas Cord-Landwehr discovered that KDE-Libs incorrectly handled
extracting certain archives. If a user were tricked into extracting a
specially-crafted archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to
overwrite arbitrary files out of the extraction directory.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libkdecore5                     4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libkdecore5                     4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libkdecore5                     4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3042-1
  CVE-2016-6232

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 3042-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability

July 26, 2016
KDE-Libs could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libkdecore5 4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libkdecore5 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libkdecore5 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3042-1

CVE-2016-6232

Severity
July 26, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5

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