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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-11 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KDE kjs: URI heap overflow vulnerability |
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Date: January 22, 2006 |
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Bugs: #118550 |
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ID: 200601-11 |
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Synopsis |
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KDE fails to properly validate URIs when handling javascript, |
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potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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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. kjs is the javascript 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 < 3.4.3-r1 >= 3.4.3-r1 |
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Description |
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Maksim Orlovich discovered an incorrect bounds check in kjs when |
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handling URIs. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to load a specially crafted webpage containing |
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malicious javascript, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the |
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rights of the user running kjs. |
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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-3.4.3-r1 |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0019 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0019 |
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[ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: kjs encodeuri/decodeuri heap overflow vulnerability |
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060119-1.txt |
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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-200601-11.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 2006 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/2.0 |