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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-2074 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
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/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 2.1 |
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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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Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kdelibs | Fix deferred |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kdelibs | Fix deferred |