Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KDE-Runtime 4.14.3 and earlier, kwebkitpart 1.3.4 and earlier, and kio-extras 5.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URI using the (1) zip, (2) trash, (3) tar, (4) thumbnail, (5) smtps, (6) smtp, (7) smb, (8) remote, (9) recentdocuments, (10) nntps, (11) nntp, (12) network, (13) mbox, (14) ldaps, (15) ldap, (16) fonts, (17) file, (18) desktop, (19) cgi, (20) bookmarks, or (21) ar scheme, which is not properly handled in an error message.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | kde-runtime | 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | webkitkde | 1.3~git20120518.9a111005-3ubuntu1 | — |
References
- USN-2414-1 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0573 vendor-advisory
- 20141119 CVE-2014-8600 - Insufficient Input Validation By IO Slaves In KDE e.V. KDE mailing-list
- 71190 vdb-entry
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-8600/