RHEL 4 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2005:671)

low Nessus Plugin ID 19411

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdegraphics packages that resolve a security issue in kpdf are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment including kpdf, a pdf file viewer.

A flaw was discovered in kpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that would cause kpdf to consume all available disk space in /tmp when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2097 to this issue.

Note this issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 2.1.

Users of kpdf should upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdegraphics and / or kdegraphics-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2097

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:671

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19411

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-671.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2097

RHSA: 2005:671