KDE 3.0.5 Info Page

KDE 3.0.5 was released on November 18th, 2002. Read the official announcement.

This page is no longer maintained. Please have a look at the KDE 3.1 Info Page instead.

FAQ

See the KDE FAQ for any specific questions you may have. Questions about Konqueror should be directed to the Konqueror FAQ and sound related questions are answered in the FAQ of the aRts Project

Download and Installation

Source code

Paquet	Taille	MD5
arts-1.0.5	1001KB	6d8292e33d51a626642ea01557e88e06
kde-i18n-3.0.5	93MB	fc9d041f9c7eb23bfdb6e3ab928d8230
kdeaddons-3.0.5	917KB	e1d74a758921cf44b6f60874ecea2e33
kdeadmin-3.0.5	1.3MB	c6600847d833a3f64dde2e347c4368de
kdeartwork-3.0.5	11MB	0c48cbd9e8c0f3b6b4b83aa738be175a
kdebase-3.0.5	13MB	e50369b20f8955e757eeda0a521a14f5
kdebindings-3.0.5	4.9MB	0b2e0bd9ea6978c433997b52fb0f40a2
kdeedu-3.0.5	8.7MB	6357bfb0c9ebf5502db1e7f4ecf3996d
kdegames-3.0.5	7.0MB	7abec549c8d9506f2956714ff50cfc72
kdegraphics-3.0.5	2.6MB	bba2ef4cf44d355c3eb93c876f1b7faf
kdelibs-3.0.5	7.3MB	ff22bd58b91ac34e476c308d345421aa
kdemultimedia-3.0.5	5.6MB	07c32b5348eee503152b227b1a33342f
kdenetwork-3.0.5	3.7MB	504032bceeef0dfa9ff02aed0faf795d
kdepim-3.0.5	3.1MB	c537c56755353b386756a9a8b2c5a1f7
kdesdk-3.0.5	1.8MB	8bab6e6bcca189e9f7fd55d5edf82c06
kdetoys-3.0.5	1.4MB	3974bb197dd39fbd609405b9159e6044
kdeutils-3.0.5	1.5MB	104620498429632d1489f93b241436a2
kdevelop-2.1.4_for_KDE_2.2	3.2MB	c1a1ff46a88b399e9c5ec609b384c9fd
kdevelop-2.1.4_for_KDE_3.0	3.4MB	403f982ff2f9cdc8b63913e63d3323f2

These source packages have been digitally signed with GnuPG using the KDE Archives PGP Key (available from the KDE Signature page or public key servers).

The translation package has been split into individual language packages so you can download only the translations you need.

Binary packages

Binary packages can be found under http://download.kde.org/stable/3.0.5/ or in the equivalent directory at one of the KDE FTP mirrors.

The current list of available binary packages:

• Debian:
  • Debian stable (woody): Intel i386
• FreeBSD (README):
  • 4.7: 4.7-STABLE
• Red Hat:
  • 8.0: Intel i386, Language packages
• Slackware (Unofficial contribution):
  • 8.1: Intel i386
• SUN Solaris (Unofficial contribution):
  • 9.0: SPARC64
  • 8.0: Intel x86 / SPARC64
  • 7.0: SPARC64
• SuSE Linux (README):
  • 8.1: Intel i386
  • 8.0: Intel i386
  • 7.3: Intel i386 and IBM PowerPC
• Turbolinux (README):
  • Language packages (all versions and architectures)
  • 8.0: Intel i586
  • 7.0: Intel i586

Several users have contributed packages for this release. You can find them in the contrib subdir of the KDE 3.0.5 download area.

Additional binary packages might become available in the coming weeks, as well as updates to the current packages.

Updates

Security Issues

Please report possible problems to security@kde.org.

• Several shell escaping vulnerabilities have been found throughout KDE which allow a remote attacker to execute commands as the local user. Read the detailed advisory. It is strongly recommended to update to KDE 3.0.5a.

• Several problems with KDE's use of Ghostscript where discovered that allow the execution of arbitrary commands contained in PostScript (PS) or PDF files with the privileges of the victim. Read the detailed advisory. It is strongly recommended to update to KDE 3.0.5b
• A HTTP authentication credentials leak via the a "Referrer" was discovered by George Staikos in Konqueror. If the HTTP authentication credentials were part of the URL they would be possibly sent in the referer header to a 3rd party web site. Read the detailed advisory. KDE 3.1.3 and newer are not vulnerable.

Bugs

This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release date:

• currently none known.

Developer Info

If you need help porting your application to KDE 3.x see the porting guide or subscribe to the KDE Devel Mailinglist to ask specific questions about porting your applications.

There is also info on the architecture and the programming interface of KDE 3.0.

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