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Security Advisory (MDKSA-2004:022): kdelibs


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MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:022 : kdelibs

 

March 10th, 2004

Updated kdelibs packages fix cookie theft vulnerability

 

Corsaire discovered that a number of HTTP user agents contained a flaw in how they handle cookies. This flaw could allow an attacker to avoid the path restrictions specified by a cookie's originator. According to their advisory:

 

"The cookie specifications detail a path argument that can be used to restrict the areas of a host that will be exposed to a cookie. By using standard traversal techniques this functionality can be subverted, potentially exposing the cookie to scrutiny and use in further attacks."

 

This issue was fixed in KDE 3.1.3; the updated packages are patched to protect against this vulnerability.

 

 

The released versions of Mandrake GNU/Linux affected are:

  • 9.1

Full information about this advisory, including the updated packages, is available at:

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:022

 

Other references:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0592

 

Posted automatically by aru (mdksec2mub v0.0.8)

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