Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-2414-1

USN-2414-1: KDE-Runtime vulnerability

Publication date

24 November 2014

Overview

KDE-Runtime could be made to run arbitrary javascript.

Releases

12.04

Packages

kde-runtime - runtime components from the official KDE release

Details

Tim Brown and Darron Burton discovered that KDE-Runtime incorrectly handled
input validation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary javascript.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
12.04 precise	kde-runtime – 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3

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References

CVE-2014-8600

CVE-2014-8600