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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-16 (Konqueror, kde, kdelibs)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200501-16.
Insight
Insight
The Java sandbox environment in Konqueror can be bypassed to access arbitrary packages, allowing untrusted Java applets to perform unrestricted actions on the host system.
Solution
Solution
All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-16 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72750 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041220-1.txt