CVE-2013-2074

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-05-06
Bugzilla:
961981: CVE-2013-2074 kdelibs: prints passwords contained in HTTP URLs in error messages

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

kioslave/http/http.cpp in KIO in kdelibs 4.10.3 and earlier allows attackers to discover credentials via a crafted request that triggers an "internal server error," which includes the username and password in an error message.

Find out more about CVE-2013-2074 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdelibs Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdelibs Fix deferred

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