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Ubuntu 15.10: USN-3042-1 Critical: KDE-Libs File Overwrite Threat

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2016
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KDE Libraries in Ubuntu may permit unauthorized users to alter files. Security patch required for mitigation. Discover more details here.
KDE-Libs could be made to overwrite files.

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.

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security advisory critical file overwrite remote attack ubuntu kde4libs extraction issue

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

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July 26, 2016

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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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