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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-10 |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: KHTML: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability |
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Date: March 10, 2007 |
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Bugs: #165606 |
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ID: 200703-10 |
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Synopsis |
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The KHTML component shipped with the KDE libraries is prone to a |
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cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. |
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Background |
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KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and |
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Unix-like Operating Systems. KHTML is the HTML interpreter used in |
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Konqueror and other parts of KDE. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/kdelibs < 3.5.5-r8 >= 3.5.5-r8 |
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Description |
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The KHTML code allows for the execution of JavaScript code located |
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inside the "Title" HTML element, a related issue to the Safari error |
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found by Jose Avila. |
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Impact |
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When viewing a HTML page that renders unsanitized attacker-supplied |
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input in the page title, Konqueror and other parts of KDE will execute |
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arbitrary JavaScript code contained in the page title, allowing for the |
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theft of browser session data or cookies. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All KDElibs users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.5-r8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-0537 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0537 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-0478 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0478 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-10.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |