Kommander: Insecure remote script execution

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200504-23 / Kommander
Release Date	April 22, 2005
Latest Revision	May 20, 2005: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
kde-base/kdewebdev	< 3.3.2-r2	>= 3.3.2-r2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #89092

Synopsis

Kommander executes remote scripts without confirmation, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. Kommander is a visual dialog editor and interpreter for KDE applications, part of the kdewebdev package.

Description

Kommander executes data files from possibly untrusted locations without user confirmation.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Kommander.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All kdewebdev users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdewebdev-3.3.2-r2"

4. References

Page updated April 22, 2005

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