Debian Security Advisory

DSA-804-1 kdelibs -- insecure permissions

Date Reported:

08 Sep 2005

Affected Packages:

kdelibs

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1920.

More information:

KDE developers have reported a vulnerability in the backup file handling of Kate and Kwrite. The backup files are created with default permissions, even if the original file had more strict permissions set. This could disclose information unintendedly.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.2-6.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your kdelibs packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.3.2-6.2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-bin_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.3.2-6.2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.