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KDE kdelibs dcopidlng Script Insecure Temporary File Creation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14254
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Release Date:
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2005-02-14
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Last Update:
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2005-03-16
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Popularity:
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9,100 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0365
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Description:
Davide Madrisan has reported a vulnerability in KDE kdelibs, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the dcopidlng script creating temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user invoking the vulnerable script.
The vulnerability affects all versions in the KDE 3.2.x and KDE 3.3.x series.
Solution:
Upgrade to KDE 3.4 or apply patch.
Patch for KDE 3.2.x:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-dcopidlng.patch
43213bb9876704041af622ed2a6903ae
Patch for KDE 3.3.x:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.3.2-kdelibs-dcopidlng.patch
43213bb9876704041af622ed2a6903ae
Provided and/or discovered by:
Davide Madrisan
Changelog:
2005-03-16: Added information provided by vendor. Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
KDE:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-3.txt
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