KDE KIO Subsystem Network Protocol Implementation Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:6182

Info

KDE KIO Subsystem Network Protocol Implementation Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6182
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1281
CVE-2002-1282
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 12 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 07:16PM
Credit: This vulnerability was first announced in a KDE security advisory.
Vulnerable: KDE KDE 3.0.4
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
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
KDE KDE 2.2.2
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
+ Redhat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1
+ Sun Linux 5.0.7
+ Sun Linux 5.0.7
+ Sun Linux 5.0.6
+ Sun Linux 5.0.6
+ Sun Linux 5.0.5
+ Sun Linux 5.0.5
KDE KDE 2.2.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
KDE KDE 2.2
KDE KDE 2.1.2
KDE KDE 2.1.1
KDE KDE 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

KDE KIO Subsystem Network Protocol Implementation Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

KDE KIO Subsystem Network Protocol Implementation Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released an advisory. Users of kde-base/kdelibs-3.0.4 and earlier are advised to update their systems by issuing the following commands:

emerge rsync
emerge kdelibs
emerge clean

RedHat has released an advisory, RHSA-2002:220-40, that contains many fixes. Information about obtaining and applying fixes are available in the referenced advisory.

Debian has made fixes available, and has announced the information in DSA 204-1.

Updates are available:


KDE KDE 2.2.1

KDE KDE 2.2.2

KDE KDE 3.0

KDE KDE 3.0.1

KDE KDE 3.0.2

KDE KDE 3.0.3

KDE KDE 3.0.4

References

KDE KIO Subsystem Network Protocol Implementation Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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