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FreeBSD Ports: kdelibs
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: kdelibs CVE-2004-0689 KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to 'stale' locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files. CVE-2004-0690 The DCOPServer in KDE 3.2.3 and earlier allows local users to gain unauthorized access via a symlink attack on DCOP files in the /tmp directory.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-2.txt ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-kstandarddirs.patch ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-dcopserver.patch http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/603fe36d-ec9d-11d8-b913-000c41e2cdad.html