USN-833-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• kde4libs -
• kdelibs -

Details

It was discovered that KDE did not properly handle certificates with NULL
characters in the Subject Alternative Name field of X.509 certificates. An
attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view
sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.04

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.2
• kdelibs5 - 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 8.10

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.2
• kdelibs5 - 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.3

Ubuntu 8.04

• kdelibs4c2a - 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.3

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-2702