USN-3042-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3042-1
26th July, 2016
kde4libs vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
KDE-Libs could be made to overwrite files.
Software description
- kde4libs
– KDE 4 core applications and libraries
Details
Andreas Cord-Landwehr discovered that KDE-Libs incorrectly handled
extracting certain archives. If a user were tricked into extracting a
specially-crafted archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to
overwrite arbitrary files out of the extraction directory.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
libkdecore5
4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libkdecore5
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libkdecore5
4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3042-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability
