Title: KDE Parameter Quoting Shell Command Execution Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
KDE is a freely available, open source X Desktop Manager. It has application features to make systems user-friendly, and is designed for Unix and Linux operating systems.
A problem with KDE could lead to arbitrary command execution.
It has been discovered that KDE insecurely handles some types of input. Under some circumstances, KDE does not properly quote parameters of commands passed to the command shell. By creating a custom, malicious string in an attacker-controlled medium of delivery, it would be possible execute commands with the privileges of the user receiving the malicious string.
This vulnerability could be exploited through one of several mediums, such as email, webpages, or files on a network file system. This vulnerability additional has the potential to give the attacker remote access with the privileges of the user receiving the malicious string.
Affected Products:
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.0
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.0
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
- Conectiva Linux 6.0.0
- Conectiva Linux 7.0.0
- Conectiva Linux 8.0.0
- Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 sparc
- Debian Linux 3.0.0
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 arm
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mips
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ppc
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 sparc
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7.0 -STABLE
- Gentoo Linux 1.2.0
- Gentoo Linux 1.4.0 _rc1
- KDE KDE 2.0.0
- KDE KDE 2.0.1
- KDE KDE 2.1.0
- KDE KDE 2.1.1
- KDE KDE 2.1.2
- KDE KDE 2.2.0
- KDE KDE 2.2.1
- KDE KDE 2.2.2
- KDE KDE 3.0.0
- KDE KDE 3.0.1
- KDE KDE 3.0.2
- KDE KDE 3.0.3
- KDE KDE 3.0.3 a
- KDE KDE 3.0.4
- KDE KDE 3.0.5
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.1.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.1.0 ia64
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.2.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.2.0 ppc
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 9.0.0
- RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.2.0 ia64
- RedHat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1.0
- Sun Linux 5.0.5
- Sun Linux 5.0.6
- Sun Linux 5.0.7
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