Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : kdepim vulnerability (USN-725-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37810

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Kmail did not adequately prevent execution of arbitrary code when a user clicked on a URL to an executable within an HTML mail. If a user clicked on a malicious URL and chose to execute the file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This update changes KMail's behavior to instead launch a helper program to view the file if the user chooses to execute such a link.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/725-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37810

File Name: ubuntu_USN-725-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:akonadi-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:akregator, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kaddressbook, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kalarm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kandy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:karm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-kfile-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-kio-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-kresources, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-strigi-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepim-wizards, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kitchensync, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kjots, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kleopatra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmail, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmailcvt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:knode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:knotes, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konsolekalendar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kontact, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:korganizer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:korn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpilot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksync, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ktimetracker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ktnef, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libindex0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libindex0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkcal2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkcal2b, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdepim1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdepim1a, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdepim4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkgantt0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkgantt0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkholidays4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkleo4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkleopatra1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkleopatra1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkmime2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpgp4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpimexchange1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpimexchange1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpimidentities1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libksieve0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libksieve0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libksieve4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libktnef1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libktnef1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmaildir4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmimelib1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmimelib1c2a, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmimelib4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:networkstatus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:networkstatus-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2009

Reference Information

USN: 725-1