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Package name kde3
Date April 17th, 2003
Advisory ID MDKSA-2003:049
Affected versions 9.0, 9.1, CS2.1
Synopsis Updated kde3 packages fix arbitrary command execution

Problem Description

A vulnerability was discovered by the KDE team in the way that KDE
uses Ghostscript for processing PostScript and PDF files. A malicious
attacker could provide a carefully constructed PDF or PostScript file
to an end user (via web or mail) that could lead to the execution of
arbitrary commands as the user viewing the file. The vulnerability
can be triggered even by the browser generating a directory listing
with thumbnails.

All users are encouraged to upgrade to these new kdegraphics, kdebase,
and kdelibs packages that contain patches to correct the problem.
This issue is corrected upstream in KDE 3.0.5b and KDE 3.1.1a.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 9.0

 934ab3303bdfe0fc071f4d7f709ef401  9.0/RPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
fa4f76482512c6aaf8289ebe8a160d3a  9.0/RPMS/kdebase-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
df43d1eef62d3d4963a270ffafabc09e  9.0/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
29245513bdf280b83b988dd34f6189f6  9.0/RPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
a19b592bdbdf5354de12b59644fa504f  9.0/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
f9043548de772408dd4c698de088eacc  9.0/RPMS/kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
e7b5ec7e373fdd5450b58efebbeece33  9.0/RPMS/kdegraphics-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
250d4699bfe5834fd0e9bc4ffb29cda9  9.0/SRPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm
397970927d3247fc6d492439e5fec3ba  9.0/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm
d765b5a2a03360ebe7c854e8a59bab96  9.0/SRPMS/kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1

 e837efa5296b2aac2aeea66ae9bd78fa  9.1/RPMS/kdebase-3.1-83.1mdk.i586.rpm
04b1a8b8e8e2df14956f15bf5e839300  9.1/RPMS/kdebase-devel-3.1-83.1mdk.i586.rpm
535e83dd69ab6b12fd10e4f071e2236d  9.1/RPMS/kdebase-kdm-3.1-83.1mdk.i586.rpm
2c3e16cc462864687ad6e069a724e9e3  9.1/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-3.1-83.1mdk.i586.rpm
5ff6674a1e5416dbb55427e9ff3ee49d  9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.1mdk.i586.rpm
57071f2442db26cb09ee698998023796  9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.1-58.1mdk.i586.rpm
93bd6dc8ba2d5092a14f1528f7c9fb12  9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.1-58.1mdk.i586.rpm
10e3d6b17eeea31db72e96fc3e67e19e  9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-static-devel-3.1-58.1mdk.i586.rpm
cf66a123564521716eb88cc62e89adc8  9.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-3.1-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
be94af8460bc232199523b0f85db4978  9.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-devel-3.1-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
32e95d6c0c859136f1be0e1d3af951c3  9.1/SRPMS/kdebase-3.1-83.1mdk.src.rpm
3a6411fc388f14809ab92e0c34ee4ba2  9.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.1mdk.src.rpm
c125fd93d6a69abce85986b38714245b  9.1/SRPMS/kdegraphics-3.1-9.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1/PPC

 5f4bf8a92b89a372fa36d4c6cb72225f  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdebase-3.1-83.1mdk.ppc.rpm
c3b396fc342700749c8849eadd815b2d  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdebase-devel-3.1-83.1mdk.ppc.rpm
2cc4dc2962fb14dbb8f932df65131867  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdebase-kdm-3.1-83.1mdk.ppc.rpm
60e6736333b3a370c516af7ee803d282  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-3.1-83.1mdk.ppc.rpm
99350dae77e920ae26353f963061a447  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.1mdk.ppc.rpm
fb9ce6e8404248513587eaba58ce7e6c  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-common-3.1-58.1mdk.ppc.rpm
c649233711d3b197887d930411b25322  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.1-58.1mdk.ppc.rpm
d3257808be980c89e58cf43a5bc6d7f3  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdelibs-static-devel-3.1-58.1mdk.ppc.rpm
f62f86681644894b4ebfcc4f6dff4ff0  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-3.1-9.1mdk.ppc.rpm
02cd13f040a102ba314ff6c9083f45e6  ppc/9.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-devel-3.1-9.1mdk.ppc.rpm
32e95d6c0c859136f1be0e1d3af951c3  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/kdebase-3.1-83.1mdk.src.rpm
3a6411fc388f14809ab92e0c34ee4ba2  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.1-58.1mdk.src.rpm
c125fd93d6a69abce85986b38714245b  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/kdegraphics-3.1-9.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 934ab3303bdfe0fc071f4d7f709ef401  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
fa4f76482512c6aaf8289ebe8a160d3a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdebase-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
df43d1eef62d3d4963a270ffafabc09e  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
29245513bdf280b83b988dd34f6189f6  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
a19b592bdbdf5354de12b59644fa504f  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdelibs-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
f9043548de772408dd4c698de088eacc  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
e7b5ec7e373fdd5450b58efebbeece33  corporate/2.1/RPMS/kdegraphics-devel-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
250d4699bfe5834fd0e9bc4ffb29cda9  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/kdebase-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm
397970927d3247fc6d492439e5fec3ba  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/kdelibs-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm
d765b5a2a03360ebe7c854e8a59bab96  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.2mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0204
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt

Upgrade

To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.


Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.