USN-725-1: KMail vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• kdepim -

Details

It was discovered that Kmail did not adequately prevent execution of arbitrary
code when a user clicked on a URL to an executable within an HTML mail. If a
user clicked on a malicious URL and chose to execute the file, a remote
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This update changes
KMail's behavior to instead launch a helper program to view the file if the
user chooses to execute such a link.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10

• kmail - 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid2.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• kmail - 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• kmail - 4:3.5.7enterprise20070926-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• kmail - 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu6.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KMail to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/332069