[ GLSA 200501-18 ] KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200501-18
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection
      Date: January 11, 2005
      Bugs: #73759
        ID: 200501-18

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Synopsis
========

The FTP KIOslave contains a bug allowing users to execute arbitrary FTP
commands.

Background
==========

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and
Unix-like Operating Systems. KDE provided KIOslaves for many protocols
in the kdelibs package, one of them being FTP. These are used by KDE
applications such as Konqueror.

Affected packages
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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  kde-base/kdelibs     < 3.3.2-r2                       >= 3.3.2-r2
                                                          *>= 3.2.3-r5

Description
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The FTP KIOslave fails to properly parse URL-encoded newline
characters.

Impact
======

An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary FTP commands on the
server and due to similiarities between the FTP and the SMTP protocol,
this vulnerability also allows an attacker to connect to a SMTP server
and issue arbitrary commands, for example sending an email.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs

Note: There is currently no fixed stable 3.3.x version for sparc.

References
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  [ 1 ] KDE Security Advisory: ftp kioslave command injection
        http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050101-1.txt
  [ 2 ] CAN-2004-1165
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1165

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-18.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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