Security Features Affecting kde/kdelibs package, versions [0,5.32)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKDELIBS-2365420
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6410  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kde/kdelibs to version 5.32 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Features kpac/script.cpp in KDE kio before 5.32 and kdelibs before 4.14.30 calls the PAC FindProxyForURL function with a full https URL (potentially including Basic Authentication credentials, a query string, or PATH_INFO), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted PAC file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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