From aliz@gentoo.org Sat Apr 12 03:11:13 2003 From: Daniel Ahlberg To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:43:36 +0200 Subject: GLSA: kde-2.x (200304-05) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200304-05 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kde-2.x SUMMARY : aribitrary code execution DATE : 2003-04-11 08:43 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED : =kdebase-2.2.2-r5, >=kdelibs-2.2.2a-r1 >=kdegraphics-2.2.2-r2 CVE : - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - From advisory: "KDE uses Ghostscript software for processing of PostScript (PS) and PDF files in a way that allows for the execution of arbitrary commands that can be contained in such files. An attacker can prepare a malicious PostScript or PDF file which will provide the attacker with access to the victim's account and privileges when the victim opens this malicious file for viewing or when the victim browses a directory containing such malicious file and has file previews enabled. An attacker can provide malicious files remotely to a victim in an e-mail, as part of a webpage, via an ftp server and possible other means." Read the full advisory at: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running kde-base/kde upgrade to fixed packages as follows: emerge sync emerge \=kde-base/kdebase-2.2.2-r5 emerge \=kde-base/kdelibs-2.2.2a-r1 emerge \=kde-base/kdegraphics-2.2.2-r2 emerge clean - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz kde@gentoo.org - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+loA1fT7nyhUpoZMRAhIVAJ9NeCefU4QsCuVh4PhSbxiVm2j7qgCffjkI zQGmvOXs/jtBRd7lJAUmsEk= =/mNL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----