__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Red Hat Updated kdepim Packages Resolve Security Vulnerability [RHSA-2004:006-04, RHSA-2004:005-02] January 14, 2004 19:00 GMT Number O-054 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There is a buffer overflow in the file information reader of VCF files. This reader is used by the K Desktop Environment Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite. PLATFORM: Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v.3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v.3) DAMAGE: An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. SOLUTION: Install the security update. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could construct a VCF file so ASSESSMENT: that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-054.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: Red Hat RHSA-2004:006-04 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-006.html Red Hat RHSA-2004:005-02 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-005.html CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2003-0988 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start RHSA--2004:006-04, RHSA-2004:005-02 *****] Updated kdepim packages resolve security vulnerability Advisory: RHSA-2004:006-04 Last updated on: 2004-01-14 Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 9 CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CAN-2003-0988 Security Advisory Details: Updated kdepim packages are now available that fix a local buffer overflow vulnerability. The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop for the X Window System. The KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite helps you to organize your mail, tasks, appointments, and contacts. The KDE team found a buffer overflow in the file information reader of VCF files. An attacker could construct a VCF file so that when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0988 to this issue. Users of kdepim are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch that corrects this issue. Updated packages: Red Hat Linux 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: kdepim-3.1-6.src.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 321f8aba915e8008150a4c9b69b3e161 i386: kdepim-3.1-6.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 414e36538ebef58c63f9c5e4b299d35f kdepim-devel-3.1-6.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 69e81163e29537f303fc294886ad8103 Solution Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website: https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0988 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The listed packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/#key You can verify each package and see who signed it with the following command: rpm --checksig -v filename If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum filename The Red Hat security contact is security@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html [***** End RHSA--2004:006-04, RHSA-2004:005-02 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Red Hat for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams worldwide. CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. 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