Bug 88798 – KDE PS/PDF file handling vulnerability

Bug 88798 - KDE PS/PDF file handling vulnerability

Summary:	KDE PS/PDF file handling vulnerability

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kdegraphics (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2.1
Hardware:	All Linux

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URL:	http://www.kde.org/info/security/advi...
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Reported:	2003-04-14 07:29 EDT by Mark J. Cox (Product Security)
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:38 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-05-22 12:48:25 EDT
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Description Mark J. Cox (Product Security) 2003-04-14 07:29:40 EDT

KDE versions up to and including KDE 3.1.1 have a vulnerability caused by
-dSAFER not being used when previewing in Konquerer. An attacker can
prepare a malicious PostScript or PDF file which provides the attacker
with access to the victim's account and privileges when the victim opens
this malicious file for viewing or when the victim browses a directory
containing such malicious file and has file previews enabled.

(CVE applied for)

RHSA-2003:146

Comment 1 Mark J. Cox (Product Security) 2003-05-22 12:48:26 EDT

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-146.html

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