KDE KGet Security Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

BID:40141

Info

KDE KGet Security Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 40141
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2010-1000
CVE-2010-1511
CVE-2011-1586
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:34PM
Credit: Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Pardus Linux 2011 0
Pardus Linux 2009 0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
KDE KDE 4.4.2
KDE KDE 4.4.1
KDE KDE 4.4
KDE KDE 4.3.3
KDE KDE 4.3.2
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

KDE KGet Security Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

KDE is prone to multiple security issues, including a security-bypass vulnerability and a directory-traversal vulnerability in KGet.

Attackers may exploit these issues to overwrite arbitrary files in arbitrary locations on the affected system.

These issues affect KGet version 2.4.2 that is included in KDE 4.4.2.

Exploit / POC

KDE KGet Security Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues using standard tools.

Solution / Fix

KDE KGet Security Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386

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