KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:14561

Info

KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14561
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2101
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:06PM
Credit: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Slackware Linux -current
Redhat Fedora Core4
Redhat Fedora Core3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
KDE KDE 3.4.2
KDE KDE 3.4.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core4
 KDE KDE 3.4
KDE KDE 3.3.2
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.1
KDE KDE 3.3.2
KDE KDE 3.3.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 KDE KDE 3.3
KDE KDE 3.2.3
KDE KDE 3.2.2
+ KDE KDE 3.2.2
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
 KDE KDE 3.2.1
KDE KDE 3.2
KDE KDE 3.1.5
KDE KDE 3.1.4
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
 KDE KDE 3.1.2
+ KDE KDE 3.1.2
KDE KDE 3.1.1 a
KDE KDE 3.1.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
KDE KDE 3.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
KDE KDE 3.0.5 b
KDE KDE 3.0.5 a
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 KDE KDE 3.0.5
KDE KDE 3.0.4
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
 + Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
KDE KDE 3.0.3 a
KDE KDE 3.0.3
+ Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -STABLE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -STABLE
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
KDE KDE 3.0.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
KDE KDE 3.0.1
KDE KDE 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

KDE langen2kvtml is prone to an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existence of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application.

Exploit / POC

KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
RedHat Fedora has released security advisory FEDORA-2005-745 addressing this issue for Fedora Core 3. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

RedHat Fedora has released security advisory FEDORA-2005-744 addressing this issue for Fedora Core 4. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Mandriva has released advisory MDKSA-2005:159 and fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for links to fixes.

Slackware has released security advisory SSA:2005-251-03 addressing this issue for their -current version. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

Debian has released advisory DSA 818-1 and fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for links to fixes.

The vendor has released patches addressing this issue:


Slackware Linux -current

KDE KDE 3.2.3

KDE KDE 3.3

KDE KDE 3.3.2

KDE KDE 3.3.2

KDE KDE 3.4

KDE KDE 3.4.2

References

KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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