KDE Security Advisory: Kommander untrusted code execution
Original Release Date: 2005-04-20
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt
0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0754
1. Systems affected:
Quanta 3.1.x, KDE 3.2 and new up to including KDE 3.4.0.
2. Overview:
Kommander is a visual editor and interpreter to edit and interpret visual dialogs and execute scripts attached to dialog actions.
Kommander executes without user confirmation data files from possibly untrusted locations. As they contain scripts, the user might accidentally run arbitrary code.
3. Impact:
Remotly supplied kommander files from untrusted sources are executed without confirmation.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
A patch for KDE 3.4.0 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
c388b21d91c8326fc9757cd8786713db post-3.4.0-kdewebdev-kommander.di
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A patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
d210c07121c1ba3a97660a6e166738e6 post-3.3.2-kdewebdev-kommander.di
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6. Time line and credits:
13/03/2005 Notification of KDE security by Eckhart W=F6rner
20/04/2005 Public Disclosure
Original Release Date: 2005-04-20
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt
0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0754
1. Systems affected:
Quanta 3.1.x, KDE 3.2 and new up to including KDE 3.4.0.
2. Overview:
Kommander is a visual editor and interpreter to edit and interpret visual dialogs and execute scripts attached to dialog actions.
Kommander executes without user confirmation data files from possibly untrusted locations. As they contain scripts, the user might accidentally run arbitrary code.
3. Impact:
Remotly supplied kommander files from untrusted sources are executed without confirmation.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
A patch for KDE 3.4.0 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
c388b21d91c8326fc9757cd8786713db post-3.4.0-kdewebdev-kommander.di
ff
A patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
d210c07121c1ba3a97660a6e166738e6 post-3.3.2-kdewebdev-kommander.di
ff
6. Time line and credits:
13/03/2005 Notification of KDE security by Eckhart W=F6rner
20/04/2005 Public Disclosure
