-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 KDE Security Advisory: Secure Cookie Vulnerability Original Release Date: 2002-09-08 URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020908-1.txt 0. References None. 1. Systems affected: Konqueror in KDE 3.0, KDE 3.0.1 and KDE 3.0.2. KDE 2.2.2 and KDE 3.0.3 are NOT affected. 2. Overview: Konqueror fails to detect the "secure" flag in HTTP cookies and as a result may send secure cookies back to the originating site over an unencrypted network connection. 3. Impact: A secure session that relies solely on secure cookies for identifying the session can possibly be hijacked, or an account which relies solely on secure cookies for logging on may be compromised, by an attacker who manages to eavesdrop on the unencrypted network connection. 4. Solution: Upgrade to KDE 3.0.3 in which this problem is fixed or apply the patch below. 5. Patch: A patch for KDE 3.0, KDE 3.0.1 and KDE 3.0.2 is available from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches : 1abff4a02381b5ca11273d02c6a5c6ca post-3.0-kdelibs-kcookiejar.diff -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9fldFvsXr+iuy1UoRAkfxAJ9tqM141Dx+7b8ZHlxUcU6uJIsJ0QCg5kXu PFXLjBmWgER6vfvpYcOiLYM= =UT1J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----