__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Red Hat Updated KDE packages [Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:192-07] June 5, 2003 19:00 GMT Number N-104 [Revised 22 July 2003] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: An SSL implementation vulnerability in the KDE graphical desktop environment versions 2.2.2 and earlier has been identified. PLATFORM: Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 DAMAGE: Users of Konqueror and other SSL enabled KDE software could possibly fall victim to a man-in-the-middle attack. SOLUTION: Upgrade to Red Hat's newest KDE packages. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Attackers might be able to act as a ASSESSMENT: man-in-the-middle to intercept and modify SSL connections. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-104.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-192.html ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/ retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55660&zone_32=category%3Asecurity ______________________________________________________________________________ Revision History: 7/22/2003 - Added Sun's Alert ID: 55660 link [***** Start Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:192-07 *****] Updated KDE packages fix security issue Advisory: RHSA-2003:192-07 Last updated on: 2003-06-05 Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CAN-2003-0370 Security Advisory Details: Updated KDE packages that resolve a vulnerability in KDE's SSL implementation are now available. KDE is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. KDE versions 2.2.2 and earlier have a vulnerability in their SSL implementation that makes it possible for users of Konqueror and other SSL enabled KDE software to fall victim to a man-in-the-middle attack. Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 shipped with KDE packages that are vulnerable to this issue. Users of KDE should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain KDE 2.2.2 with a backported patch to correct this vulnerability. Updated packages: Red Hat Linux 7.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: kdelibs-2.2.2-0.71.3.src.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] b5c91fbbf72291454e03fd68317cf66b i386: arts-2.2.2-0.71.3.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 3cf838774dd099fd2e2611aa109afd7e kdelibs-2.2.2-0.71.3.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] b7a877bd55c56861d075571bf257ff04 kdelibs-devel-2.2.2-0.71.3.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] a55f18bd1341220e5c8f8e8752fe5195 kdelibs-sound-2.2.2-0.71.3.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 7c5d3cbc427c14e60bedd0d5f06277d5 kdelibs-sound-devel-2.2.2-0.71.3.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 7da55a0cfa8d18c2d7d0ec8cf4a2bf48 Red Hat Linux 7.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: kdelibs-2.2.2-8.src.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] fb45ad45d2285fdd5ba12191ad28db67 i386: arts-2.2.2-8.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 4416a5072f5a93b587daeffcee648a51 kdelibs-2.2.2-8.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] c1789b9b348d20b221cb06fa31865400 kdelibs-devel-2.2.2-8.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] b5b48bd629cb912bccf0752098563dc1 kdelibs-sound-2.2.2-8.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 55e69f4025b76734636c3496c5ff991c kdelibs-sound-devel-2.2.2-8.i386.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 4d12b124c017e6ab2aa3316fa0c78b10 ia64: arts-2.2.2-8.ia64.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] 976b860e43a7410a3602f0ec200c459e kdelibs-2.2.2-8.ia64.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] d5229b30587b5926ede2fb9eb8a2385e kdelibs-devel-2.2.2-8.ia64.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] da92e135508e86a80470a28b8e7d6aaa kdelibs-sound-2.2.2-8.ia64.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] bb1e8fd93e0b2cfef9d9f4310fe2efe7 kdelibs-sound-devel-2.2.2-8.ia64.rpm [ via FTP ] [ via HTTP ] aa39ae6d82f00847f82294df3c498e3f 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. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0370 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.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 Copyright © 2002 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. 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