Debian Security Advisory
DSA-804-1 kdelibs -- insecure permissions
- Date Reported:
- 08 Sep 2005
- Affected Packages:
- kdelibs
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1920.
- More information:
-
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.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.2-6.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your kdelibs packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.