CVE-2017-6410 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information, such as credentials, via a crafted PAC file due to improper URL handling in KDE kio.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-6410?

CVE-2017-6410 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

kpac/script.cpp in KDE kio before 5.32 and kdelibs before 4.14.30 calls the PAC FindProxyForURL function with a full https URL (potentially including Basic Authentication credentials, a query string, or PATH_INFO), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted PAC file.

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6410?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (12)
kdelibs4 SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4 SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4-apidocs SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4-apidocs SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions4.14.25-5.3
kio SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions5.26.0-5.1
kio SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1All versions5.26.0-5.1
kdelibs4 SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4 SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4-apidocs SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions4.14.25-5.3
kdelibs4-apidocs SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions4.14.25-5.3
kio SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions5.26.0-5.1
kio SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2All versions5.26.0-5.1

Products include Kde Kdelibs, Kde Kio.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6410?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-6410 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6410, GHSA-6qcm-9vg4-jxv8, MGASA-2017-0079, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6410, USN-3223-1, openSUSE-SU-2017:0677-1 and 1 more.

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