KDE Konqueror Cross-Domain Frame Loading Vulnerability

BID:10921

Info

KDE Konqueror Cross-Domain Frame Loading Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10921
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0721
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 11 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 06:16AM
Credit: This issue was originally discovered in Mozilla by Gary McKay.
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
KDE Konqueror 3.2.3
KDE Konqueror 3.2.1
KDE Konqueror 3.1.5
KDE Konqueror 3.1.3
KDE Konqueror 3.1.2
+ KDE KDE 3.1.2
KDE Konqueror 3.1.1
+ KDE KDE 3.1.1
KDE Konqueror 3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
KDE Konqueror 3.0.5 b
KDE Konqueror 3.0.5
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
KDE Konqueror 3.0.3
+ KDE KDE 3.0.3
KDE Konqueror 3.0.2
+ KDE KDE 3.0.2
KDE Konqueror 3.0.1
+ KDE KDE 3.0.1
KDE Konqueror 3.0
+ KDE KDE 3.0
KDE Konqueror 2.2.2
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Redhat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
KDE Konqueror 2.2.1
KDE Konqueror 2.1.2
KDE Konqueror 2.1.1
KDE KDE 3.2
KDE KDE 3.1.3
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 Gentoo Linux 1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

KDE Konqueror Cross-Domain Frame Loading Vulnerability

Konqueror reported prone to a cross-domain frame loading vulnerability. It is reported that if the name of a frame rendered in a target site is known, then an attacker may potentially render arbitrary HTML in the frame of the target site.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to spoof an interface of a trusted web site.

All versions of KDE up to KDE 3.2.3 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

KDE Konqueror Cross-Domain Frame Loading Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

KDE Konqueror Cross-Domain Frame Loading Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200408-13 addressing this, and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information. Users of affected packages are urged to execute the following commands with superuser privileges:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"
emerge ">=kde-base/kdebase-3.2.3-r1"
emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"
emerge ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.2.3-r1"

KDE has released an advisory (20040811-3) to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

OpenBSD has included patches to fix this issue in OpenBSD-current as of 14 Aug 2004. These patches have not been included in 3.4 or 3.5 at the time of this update.

Mandrake Linux has released an advisory (MDKSA-2004:086) along with fixes to address this, and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

RedHat has released advisories (FEDORA-2004-290, FEDORA-2004-291) to address various issues affecting KDE in Fedora Core 1 and Core 2. Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

Conectiva Linux has released advisory CLA-2004:864 along with fixes dealing with this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Red Hat has released an advisory (RHSA-2004:412-10) to address various issues affecting KDE in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the advisory in Web references for more information.


KDE Konqueror 3.0.5 b

KDE KDE 3.1.3

KDE Konqueror 3.1.5

KDE KDE 3.2

KDE Konqueror 3.2.3

References

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