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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2009.871.2
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-871-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'kde4libs' package(s) announced via the USN-871-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kde4libs' package(s) announced via the USN-871-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in KDE. This update provides the
corresponding updates for KDE 4.

This update also fixes a directory traversal flaw in KDE when processing
help:// URLs. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10.

Original advisory details:

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.

Affected Software/OS:
'kde4libs' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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