Red Hat Linux Advisory: kdepim

Red Hat Security Advisory

1. Topic:

Updated kdepim packages are now available that fix a local
buffer overflow vulnerability.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 9 – i386

3. Problem description:

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop for the X
Window System. The KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim)
suite helps you to organize your mail, tasks, appointments, and
contacts.

The KDE team found a buffer overflow in the file information
reader of VCF files. An attacker could construct a VCF file so that
when it was opened by a victim it would execute arbitrary commands.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org/) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0988 to this issue.

Users of kdepim are advised to upgrade to these erratum
packages, which contain a backported security patch that corrects
this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.
Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.
Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will
not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if
your current directory only contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat
Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To
use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the
following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date
client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date
is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded
directly from the RHN website:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/kdepim-3.1-6.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kdepim-3.1-6.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kdepim-devel-3.1-6.i386.rpm

6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

321f8aba915e8008150a4c9b69b3e161
9/en/os/SRPMS/kdepim-3.1-6.src.rpm
414e36538ebef58c63f9c5e4b299d35f
9/en/os/i386/kdepim-3.1-6.i386.rpm
69e81163e29537f303fc294886ad8103
9/en/os/i386/kdepim-devel-3.1-6.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key
is available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm –checksig -v <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:

md5sum <filename>

7. References:

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txt

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0988

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More
contact details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html

Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.