CVE DATABASE / CVE-2004-0411
CVE-2004-0411
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
The URI handlers in Konqueror for KDE 3.2.2 and earlier do not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, (3) ssh, or (4) mailto URI, which allows remote attackers to manipulate the options that are passed to the associated programs, possibly to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Kde konqueror
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References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000843
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481412427344&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11602
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-11.xml
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-146.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-518
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040517-1.txt
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_14_kdelibs.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/6107
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-222.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6743
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363225
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10358
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.362635
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