1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-871-1

USN-871-1: KDE vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 December 2009

Overview

KDE vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

A buffer overflow was found in the KDE libraries when converting a string
to a floating point number. If a user or application linked against kdelibs
were tricked into processing crafted input, an attacker could cause a
denial of service (via application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0689)

It was discovered that the KDE libraries could use KHTML to process an
unknown MIME type. If a user or application linked against kdelibs were
tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could potentially trigger
XMLHTTPRequests to remote sites.

A buffer overflow was found in the KDE libraries when converting a string
to a floating point number. If a user or application linked against kdelibs
were tricked into processing crafted input, an attacker could cause a
denial of service (via application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0689)

It was discovered that the KDE libraries could use KHTML to process an
unknown MIME type. If a user or application linked against kdelibs were
tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could potentially trigger
XMLHTTPRequests to remote sites.

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
9.10 karmic kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu7.2
9.04 jaunty kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.4
8.10 intrepid kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.4
8.04 hardy kdelibs4c2a –  4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.5

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