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Debian Security Advisory DSA 804-2 (kdelibs)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 804-2 announced update for kdelibs to fix information leak vulnerability in backup file handling of Kate and Kwrite, where the patch was included but not applied

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_804_2.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 804-2
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.2-6.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 3.4.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your kate package.

 https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20804-2";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to kdelibs
announced via advisory DSA 804-2.

Lennert Buytenhek discoverd that that patch to cure this information
leak was only included but not applied, hence, this update.  For
completeness we're copying the original advisory text:

KDE developers have reported a vulnerability in the backup file
handling of Kate and Kwrite.  The backup files are created with
default permissions, even if the original file had more strict
permissions set.  This could disclose information unintendedly.";


if(description)
{
 script_id(55847);
 script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:03:37 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(14297);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1920");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
 script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 804-2 (kdelibs)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs-data", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs4-doc", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs-bin", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs4", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kdelibs4-dev", ver:"3.3.2-6.3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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