Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3223-1
9th March, 2017
kde4libs vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
KDE-Libs could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- kde4libs
– KDE 4 core applications and libraries
Details
Itzik Kotler, Yonatan Fridburg, and Amit Klein discovered that KDE-Libs
incorrectly handled certain PAC files. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
kdelibs5-plugins
4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
kdelibs5-plugins
4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.6
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.