PT-2004-1773 · Kde · Kde

Andrew Tuitt · Published 2004-08-19 · Updated 2024-01-26 · CVE-2004-0689

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KDE versions prior to 3.3.0

Description The issue arises from improper handling of certain symbolic links that point to 'stale' locations. This could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.0, update to version 3.3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0689

DSA-539

RHSA-2004:412

Affected Products

Kde

References · 10

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12276 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0689 · Security Note
• http://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68865 · Telegram Post