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KDE kdelibs dcopidlng Script Insecure Temporary File Creation
Secunia Advisory: SA14254
Release Date: 2005-02-14
Last Update: 2005-03-16
Popularity: 8,948 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:KDE 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0365


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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