[Secure-testing-team] Bug#856890: kde4libs: CVE-2017-6410: Information Leak when accessing https when using a malicious PAC file

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: kde4libs
Version: 4:4.14.26-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream patch security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for kde4libs.

CVE-2017-6410[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6410
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6410
[1] https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/1804c2fde7bf4e432c6cf5bb8cce5701c7010559
[2] https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170228-1.txt

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore