CVE-2003-0459

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionKDE Konqueror for KDE 3.1.2 and earlier does not remove authentication credentials from URLs of the "user:password@host" form in the HTTP-Referer header, which could allow remote web sites to steal the credentials for pages that link to the sites.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Konqueror 2.1.1 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 2.2.2 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.0 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.0.1 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.0.2 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.0.3 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.0.5 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.1 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.1.1 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror 3.1.2 All All All
Application Kde Konqueror Embedded 0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Analog Real-time Synthesizer 2.1.1-5 All i386 All
Application Redhat Analog Real-time Synthesizer 2.2-11 All i386 All
Application Redhat Analog Real-time Synthesizer 2.2-11 All ia64 All
Application Redhat Kdebase 3.0.3-13 All i386 All
Application Redhat Kdebase 3.0.3-13 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs 2.1.1-5 All i386 All
Application Redhat Kdelibs 2.2-11 All i386 All
Application Redhat Kdelibs 2.2-11 All ia64 All
Application Redhat Kdelibs 3.0.0-10 All i386 All
Application Redhat Kdelibs 3.1-10 All i386 All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 2.1.1-5 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 2.2-11 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 2.2-11 All ia64_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 3.0.0-10 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 3.0.3-8 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Devel 3.1-10 All i386_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound 2.1.1-5 All i386_sound All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound 2.2-11 All i386_sound All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound 2.2-11 All ia64_sound All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound Devel 2.1.1-5 All i386_sound_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound Devel 2.2-11 All i386_sound_dev All
Application Redhat Kdelibs Sound Devel 2.2-11 All ia64_sound_dev All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[slackware-security] KDE packages updated (SSA:2003-213-01)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[Full-Disclosure] KDE Security Advisory: Konqueror Referrer Authentication Leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-361-2 kdelibs, kdelibs-crypto af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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