{"id":"MGASA-2017-0079","summary":"Updated kdelibs4 packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Using a malicious PAC file, and then using exfiltration methods in the PAC\nfunction FindProxyForURL() enables the attacker to expose full https URLs.\n\nThis is a security issue since https URLs may contain sensitive\ninformation in the URL authentication part (user:password@host), and in\nthe path and the query (e.g. access tokens).\n\nThis attack can be carried out remotely (over the LAN) since proxy\nsettings allow “Detect Proxy Configuration Automatically”.\nThis setting uses WPAD to retrieve the PAC file, and an attacker who has\naccess to the victim’s LAN can interfere with the WPAD protocols\n(DHCP/DNS+HTTP) and inject his/her own malicious PAC instead of the\nlegitimate one\n","modified":"2026-02-04T02:56:35.755738Z","published":"2017-03-23T07:19:23Z","related":["CVE-2017-6410"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0079.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20403"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170228-1.txt"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kdelibs4","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/kdelibs4?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.14.30-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0079.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}