stardict broadcasts clipboard context over network

2009-07-05 / 2009-07-06
Credit: Pavel Machek
Risk: Medium
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-200


Ogólna skala CVSS: 5/10
Znaczenie: 2.9/10
Łatwość wykorzystania: 10/10
Wymagany dostęp: Zdalny
Złożoność ataku: Niska
Autoryzacja: Nie wymagana
Wpływ na poufność: Częściowy
Wpływ na integralność: Brak
Wpływ na dostępność: Brak

Subject: stardict broadcasts clipboard context over network Package: stardict Version: 3.0.1-4.1 Justification: user security hole Severity: grave Tags: security *** Please type your report below this line *** In default config "enable net dict" is selected, it attempts to grab clipboard and sends it over network... Unfortunately, not nearly all data in clipboard are meant for translation, and some may be pretty sensitive. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages stardict depends on: ii stardict-gnome 3.0.1-4.1 International dictionary for GNOME stardict recommends no packages. stardict suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

Referencje:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534731


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