Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900417
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Konqueror in KDE Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	Konqueror is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Konqueror is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: These flaws are due to: - improper handling of JavaScript document.load Function calls targeting the current document which can cause denial of service. - HTML parser in KDE Konqueror causes denial of service via a long attribute in HR element or a long BGCOLOR or BORDERCOLOR. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow attacker to trigger the use of a deleted object within the HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler() method and can cause a crash. Affected Software/OS: Konqueror in KDE version 3.5.9 or prior. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4514 BugTraq ID: 31605 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31605 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6689 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4394 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5712 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806 XForce ISS Database: konqueror-htmlparser-dos(47696) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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