Bug 99089 - CAN-2003-0459 Konqueror information leak via referer header
Summary: CAN-2003-0459 Konqueror information leak via referer header
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kdelibs
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
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URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advi...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-07-14 13:23 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-07-30 20:48:05 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2003:236 0 high SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kdelibs security update 2003-07-30 04:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2003-07-14 13:23:34 UTC 
George Staikos reported that Konqueror may inadvertently send
authentication credentials to websites other than the intended website in
clear text via the HTTP-referer header when authentication credentials are
passed as part of a URL in the form of http://user:password@host/

We are fixing this with a backported security patch in RHSA-2003:236

Embargoed until July 21st 2003.
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2003-07-29 11:21:06 UTC 
Issue was delayed, now public:

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt

Errata RHSA-2003:236 in progress
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-07-30 20:48:05 UTC 
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-2003-236.html
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