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Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[GLSA-200501-34] Konversation: Various vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Konversation: Various vulnerabilities
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-34
(Konversation: Various vulnerabilities)
Wouter Coekaerts has discovered three vulnerabilites within
Konversation:
The Server::parseWildcards function, which
is used by the "Quick Buttons", does not properly handle variable
expansion (CVE-2005-0129).
Perl scripts included with
Konversation do not properly escape shell metacharacters
(CVE-2005-0130).
The 'Nick' and 'Password' fields in the Quick
Connect dialog can be easily confused (CVE-2005-0131).
Impact
A malicious server could create specially-crafted channels, which
would exploit certain flaws in Konversation, potentially leading to the
execution of shell commands. A user could also unintentionally input
their password into the 'Nick' field in the Quick Connect dialog,
exposing his password to IRC users, and log files.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0129
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0130
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0131
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
Solution:
All Konversation users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/konversation-0.15.1"
Threat Level: Medium
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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