KDE-Libs could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
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.
9 March 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
KDE-Libs could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.