| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kde4libs, kdelibs' package(s) announced via the USN-822-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
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)
Affected Software/OS:
'kde4libs, kdelibs' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
9.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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