rhsa-2004_075
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2004-03-10 14:37
Modified
2024-11-21 22:59
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated kdelibs packages resolve cookie security issue

Notes

Topic
Updated kdelibs packages that fix a flaw in cookie path handling are now available.
Details
Konqueror is a file manager and Web browser for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). Flaws have been found in the cookie path handling between a number of Web browsers and servers. The HTTP cookie standard allows a Web server supplying a cookie to a client to specify a subset of URLs on the origin server to which the cookie applies. Web servers such as Apache do not filter returned cookies and assume that the client will only send back cookies for requests that fall within the server-supplied subset of URLs. However, by supplying URLs that use path traversal (/../) and character encoding, it is possible to fool many browsers into sending a cookie to a path outside of the originally-specified subset. KDE version 3.1.3 and later include a patch to Konquerer that disables the sending of cookies to the server if the URL contains such encoded traversals. Red Hat Linux 9 shipped with KDE 3.1 and is therefore vulnerable to this issue. Users of Konquerer are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported patch for this issue.
Terms of Use
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        "text": "Konqueror is a file manager and Web browser for the K Desktop Environment\n(KDE).\n\nFlaws have been found in the cookie path handling between a number of Web\nbrowsers and servers.  The HTTP cookie standard allows a Web server\nsupplying a cookie to a client to specify a subset of URLs on the origin\nserver to which the cookie applies.  Web servers such as Apache do not\nfilter returned cookies and assume that the client will only send back\ncookies for requests that fall within the server-supplied subset of URLs.\nHowever, by supplying URLs that use path traversal (/../) and character\nencoding, it is possible to fool many browsers into sending a cookie to a\npath outside of the originally-specified subset.\n\nKDE version 3.1.3 and later include a patch to Konquerer that disables the\nsending of cookies to the server if the URL contains such encoded\ntraversals.  Red Hat Linux 9 shipped with KDE 3.1 and is therefore\nvulnerable to this issue.\n\nUsers of Konquerer are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which\ncontain a backported patch for this issue.",
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