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USN-3042-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability

26 July 2016

KDE-Libs could be made to overwrite files.

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Releases

Packages

  • kde4libs - KDE 4 core applications and libraries

Details

Andreas Cord-Landwehr discovered that KDE-Libs incorrectly handled
extracting certain archives. If a user were tricked into extracting a
specially-crafted archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to
overwrite arbitrary files out of the extraction directory.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-4100-1: libktexteditor4, kdoctools, libkdeclarative5, libknewstuff3-4, libknotifyconfig4, libkf5config-bin, libkf5configcore5, kde4libs, libkde3support4, libsolid4, libkntlm4, kdelibs5-dev, kdelibs5-plugins, libkunitconversion4, libkdesu5, libplasma3, libkf5config-bin-dev, libkprintutils4, libkutils4, kconfig, libkimproxy4, libkio5, libkhtml5, libkf5config-data, libkdecore5, libkrosscore4, libkmediaplayer4, libkjsembed4, libkrossui4, kdelibs-bin, kdelibs5-data, libkf5configgui5, libknewstuff2-4, libthreadweaver4, libkdnssd4, libkf5config-doc, libkparts4, libkf5config-dev-bin, libkpty4, libkf5config-dev, libkdeui5, libkemoticons4, libkfile4, libkjsapi4, libkcmutils4, libkdewebkit5, libkidletime4