1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-822-1

USN-822-1: KDE-Libs vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 August 2009

Overview

KDE-Libs vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle certain malformed
SVG images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG
image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-0945)

It was discovered that the KDE JavaScript garbage collector did not
properly handle memory allocation failures. If a user were tricked into
viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2009-1687)

It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle HTML content in the
head element. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly...

It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle certain malformed
SVG images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG
image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-0945)

It was discovered that the KDE JavaScript garbage collector did not
properly handle memory allocation failures. If a user were tricked into
viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2009-1687)

It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle HTML content in the
head element. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1690)

It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle the Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) attr function call. If a user were tricked into viewing a
malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2009-1698)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect 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
9.04 jaunty kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1
kdelibs5 –  4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1
8.10 intrepid kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.1
kdelibs5 –  4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.2
8.04 hardy kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.2

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