KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:9419

Info

KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9419
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0988
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 14 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to the KDE team.
Vulnerable: Slackware Linux 9.1
Slackware Linux 9.0
Slackware Linux -current
Redhat kdepim-devel-3.1-5.i386.rpm
Redhat kdepim-3.1-5.i386.rpm
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
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
Not Vulnerable: KDE KDE 3.1.5

Discussion

KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It has been reported that KDE kdepim may be prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system in order to gain unauthorized access. The issue presents itself when an attacker sends a malformed VCF file to a user on a vulnerable system. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system if the malicious VCF file is opened by the user.

Exploit / POC

KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Slackware has released an advisory SSA:2004-014-01 with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for additional information. Fixes are linked below.

The vendor has released KDE version 3.1.5 to address this issue. A patch has been made available for KDE 3.1.4 for users who are unable to upgrade to version 3.1.5.

RedHat has released an advisory RHSA-2004:006-01 with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Mandrake has released an advisory MDKSA-2004:003 with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Conectiva has released advisory CLA-2004:810 to address this issue.

Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200404-02 dealing with this issue. It advises users to upgrade to the newer package using the following sequence of commands:

Gentoo KDE users should upgrade to version 3.1.5 or later:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=kde-base/kde-3.1.5"
emerge ">=kde-base/kde-3.1.5"

Please see the referenced Gentoo advisory for more information.

Red Hat Fedora has released advisory FEDORA-2004-133 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Redhat kdepim-3.1-5.i386.rpm

Redhat Fedora Core1

Slackware Linux -current

Redhat kdepim-devel-3.1-5.i386.rpm

KDE KDE 3.1.4

Slackware Linux 9.0

Slackware Linux 9.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2

References

KDE Personal Information Management Suite VCF File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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