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The kdelibs3 (kdelibs for SLES7 based products) package is a core package The kdelibs3 (kdelibs for SLES7 based products) package is a core package for the K desktop environment (KDE). The URI handler of the kdelibs3 for the K desktop environment (KDE). The URI handler of the kdelibs3 and kdelibs class library contains a flaw which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files as the use [More...]. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: kdelibs/kdelibs3 Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2003:014 Date: Wed May 26 12:00:00 MEST 2004 Affected products: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SuSE Linux Database Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, 8 SuSE Linux Firewall on CD 2 SuSE Linux Connectivity Server SuSE Linux Office Server SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: remote file creation Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0411 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: URI file creation vulnerability problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - rsync - film - apache/mod_ssl 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The kdelibs3 (kdelibs for SLES7 based products) package is a core package for the K desktop environment (KDE). The URI handler of the kdelibs3 and kdelibs class library contains a flawwhich allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files as the user utilizing the kdelibs3/kdelibs package. Affected are applications which use the kdelibs3/kdelibs URI handler such as Konqueror or Kmail. The original KDE advisory can be found at https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040517-1.txt Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement. Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply the update. Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web. Intel i386 Platform: SuSE-9.1: 3724021df2c50d25729c85ccbc1c6e0b patch rpm(s): eb07494e104d37c02430c8e8a451c8c0 source rpm(s): bda5d53abd4c21ac641cf551a004f847 SuSE-9.0: 15b6948b8331d58e069fef80165e34ec patch rpm(s): f523a907f1e3d5aaf9e77632be339b78 source rpm(s): 5fae5675cf3a8ba15e26a1467818de13 SuSE-8.2: 5c0a195dd90018f2f2fdc26c0f3aa414 patch rpm(s): 1bd13baccb08418a86d1dd6a076d7a85 source rpm(s): 2f281da09839e883fc3e7a173928accb SuSE-8.1: 7f65572c6011fcb9745a93df71661b74 patch rpm(s): 2a177303c21e7d109642450fd6b5a456 source rpm(s): b717891fbabdf0fb6f01098f6ec4628c SuSE-8.0: 775562f135feac98e007d5f8e21bbbd7 patch rpm(s): 91032e4cb6bc77263fc4156195f63e92 Opteron x86_64 Platform: SuSE-9.1: 19f3520ee5c742ad7994f3426a0ea7f3 patch rpm(s): c089127df66d98c1a9e1a561fb9c1f0b source rpm(s): 2b25abf3d206152711a0a5597d343f4a SuSE-9.0: c136da67c2a288177ceb7bfe537ac248 patch rpm(s): b0886ca176fa3f54b42da642a26554d0 source rpm(s): e0d10e3b23142eb6ee95cbb5afad71da ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and Workarounds: - rsync rsync prior to version 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running as read/write daemon without chroot. New update packages are available on our ftp servers which fix this problem. - film The film program creates temporary files in an insecure way. New update packages are available on our ftp servers. - apache/mod_ssl A buffer overflow in a uuencode function of mod_ssl has been fixed as well as various minor bugs (CAN-2003-0987, CAN-2003-0020, CAN-2004-0174 and CAN-2003-0993). New packages are currently being tested and will soon be available on our ftp servers. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing the package. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package: 1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement. 2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package. 1) execute the command md5sum after you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors. Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (usually using the key This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package. Wedisrecommend to subscribe to security lists which cause the email message containing the announcement to be modified so that the signature does not match after transport through the mailing list software. Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all md5 sums for the files are useless. 2) rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity of an rpm package. Use the command rpm -v --checksig to verify the signature of the package, where is the filename of the rpm package that you have downloaded. Of course, package authenticity verification can only target an un-installed rpm package file. Prerequisites: a) gpg is installed b) The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of this key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory ~/.gnupg/ under the user's home directory who performs the signature verification (usually root). You can import the key that is used by SUSE in rpm packages for SUSE Linux by saving this announcement to a file ("announcement.txt") and running the command (do "su -" to be root): gpg --batch; gpg < announcement.txt | gpg --import SUSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter install the key "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." upon installation or upgrade, provided that the package gpg is installed. The file containing the public key is placed at the top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg) and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de . - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - general/linux/SUSE security discussion. All SUSE securityannouncements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - SUSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq) send mail to: or respectively. ==================================================================== SUSE's security contact is or . The public key is listed below. ==================================================================== . SUSE Security Notification regarding kdelibs3 addresses a remote file manipulation vulnerability across various systems. Immediate action recommended.. kdelibs3 security, remote file creation, SuSE advisory, software update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 26, 2004 •Important SuSE