USN-3223-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability

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:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: