A flaw was found in the way the KDE CSS parser handled content for the CSS 'style' attribute. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted CSS equipped HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-1698)

A flaw was found in the way the KDE HTML parser handled content for the HTML 'head' element. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror.
(CVE-2009-1690)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the KDE JavaScript garbage collector handled memory allocation requests. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror.
(CVE-2009-1687)

The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

The following vulnerabilities in kdelibs3's khtml subsystem have been fixed: CVE-2009-1690,CVE-2009-1687 and CVE-2009-1698.

It was discovered that WebKit did not properly handle certain SVGPathList data structures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0945)

Several flaws were discovered in the WebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1725)

It was discovered that WebKit did not prevent the loading of local Java applets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1712).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Various bugs in webkit have been fixed. The CVE id's are :

CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1681, CVE-2009-1684, CVE-2009-1685, CVE-2009-1686, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1688, CVE-2009-1689, CVE-2009-1691, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1692, CVE-2009-1693, CVE-2009-1694, CVE-2009-1695, CVE-2009-1696, CVE-2009-1697, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1699, CVE-2009-1700, CVE-2009-1701, CVE-2009-1702, CVE-2009-1703, CVE-2009-1709, CVE-2009-1710, CVE-2009-1711, CVE-2009-1712, CVE-2009-1713, CVE-2009-1714, CVE-2009-1715, CVE-2009-1718, CVE-2009-1724, CVE-2009-1725, CVE-2009-2195, CVE-2009-2199, CVE-2009-2200, CVE-2009-2419, CVE-2009-2797, CVE-2009-2816, CVE-2009-2841, CVE-2009-3272, CVE-2009-3384, CVE-2009-3933, CVE-2009-3934, CVE-2010-0046, CVE-2010-0047, CVE-2010-0048, CVE-2010-0049, CVE-2010-0050, CVE-2010-0052, CVE-2010-0053, CVE-2010-0054, CVE-2010-0315, CVE-2010-0647, CVE-2010-0051, CVE-2010-0650, CVE-2010-0651, CVE-2010-0656, CVE-2010-0659, CVE-2010-0661, CVE-2010-1029, CVE-2010-1126, CVE-2010-1233, CVE-2010-1236, CVE-2010-1386, CVE-2010-1387, CVE-2010-1388, CVE-2010-1389, CVE-2010-1390, CVE-2010-1391, CVE-2010-1392, CVE-2010-1393, CVE-2010-1394, CVE-2010-1395, CVE-2010-1396, CVE-2010-1397, CVE-2010-1398, CVE-2010-1399, CVE-2010-1400, CVE-2010-1401, CVE-2010-1402, CVE-2010-1403, CVE-2010-1404, CVE-2010-1405, CVE-2010-1406, CVE-2010-1407, CVE-2010-1408, CVE-2010-1409, CVE-2010-1410, CVE-2010-1412, CVE-2010-1413, CVE-2010-1414, CVE-2010-1415, CVE-2010-1416, CVE-2010-1417, CVE-2010-1418, CVE-2010-1419, CVE-2010-1421, CVE-2010-1422, CVE-2010-1729, CVE-2010-1749, CVE-2010-1757, CVE-2010-1758, CVE-2010-1759, CVE-2010-1760, CVE-2010-1761, CVE-2010-1762, CVE-2010-1763, CVE-2010-1764, CVE-2010-1766, CVE-2010-1767, CVE-2010-1769, CVE-2010-1770, CVE-2010-1771, CVE-2010-1772, CVE-2010-1773, CVE-2010-1774, CVE-2010-1780, CVE-2010-1781, CVE-2010-1782, CVE-2010-1783, CVE-2010-1784, CVE-2010-1785, CVE-2010-1786, CVE-2010-1787, CVE-2010-1788, CVE-2010-1789, CVE-2010-1790, CVE-2010-1791, CVE-2010-1792, CVE-2010-1793, CVE-2010-1807, CVE-2010-1812, CVE-2010-1813, CVE-2010-1814, CVE-2010-1815, CVE-2010-1822, CVE-2010-1823, CVE-2010-1824, CVE-2010-1825, CVE-2010-2264, CVE-2010-2295, CVE-2010-2297, CVE-2010-2300, CVE-2010-2301, CVE-2010-2302, CVE-2010-2441, CVE-2010-3116, CVE-2010-3257, CVE-2010-3259, CVE-2010-3312, CVE-2010-3803, CVE-2010-3804, CVE-2010-3805, CVE-2010-3808, CVE-2010-3809, CVE-2010-3810, CVE-2010-3811, CVE-2010-3812, CVE-2010-3813, CVE-2010-3816, CVE-2010-3817, CVE-2010-3818, CVE-2010-3819, CVE-2010-3820, CVE-2010-3821, CVE-2010-3822, CVE-2010-3823, CVE-2010-3824, CVE-2010-3826, CVE-2010-3829, CVE-2010-3900, CVE-2010-4040

Updated kdelibs packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdelibs packages provide libraries for the K Desktop Environment (KDE).

A flaw was found in the way the KDE CSS parser handled content for the CSS 'style' attribute. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted CSS equipped HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-1698)

A flaw was found in the way the KDE HTML parser handled content for the HTML 'head' element. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror.
(CVE-2009-1690)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the KDE JavaScript garbage collector handled memory allocation requests. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror.
(CVE-2009-1687)

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

This update fixes several security issues in the KDE 3 compatibility version of KHTML (CVE-2009-1725, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-2537) which may lead to a denial of service or potentially even arbitrary code execution. In addition, the package was fixed to build with the latest version of automake, and the following fixes and improvements were merged from the Fedora 11 package: * slight speedup to /etc/profile.d/kde.sh,

  - fixed unowned directories, * fixed harmless (as the file     contents match) file conflicts with KDE 4.2.x, * fixed     build with GCC 4.4 (but this package is built with     Fedora 10's GCC 4.3.2), * moved Qt Designer plugins to     the runtime package as they can be needed at runtime     (e.g. by PyKDE programs), * kdelibs3-apidocs is now a     noarch subpackage.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in kdelibs4 :

KDE KSSL in kdelibs 3.5.4, 4.2.4, and 4.3 does not properly handle a '&#0;' (NUL) character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408 (CVE-2009-2702).

The JavaScript garbage collector in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle allocation failures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document that triggers write access to an offset of a NULL pointer.
(CVE-2009-1687).

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, KHTML in kdelibs in KDE, QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit), and possibly other products does not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document (CVE-2009-1725).

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to recursion in certain DOM event handlers. (CVE-2009-1690).

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document (CVE-2009-1698).

KDE Konqueror allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692 (CVE-2009-2537).

The gdtoa (aka new dtoa) implementation in gdtoa/misc.c in libc in FreeBSD 6.4 and 7.2, NetBSD 5.0, and OpenBSD 4.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large precision value in the format argument to a printf function, related to an array overrun. (CVE-2009-0689).

WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 and Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SVGList object that triggers memory corruption (CVE-2009-0945).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Several security issues have been discovered in kde4libs, core libraries for all KDE 4 applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-1690     It was discovered that there is a use-after-free flaw in     handling certain DOM event handlers. This could lead to     the execution of arbitrary code, when visiting a     malicious website.

  - CVE-2009-1698     It was discovered that there could be an uninitialised     pointer when handling a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)     attr function call. This could lead to the execution of     arbitrary code, when visiting a malicious website.

  - CVE-2009-1687     It was discovered that the JavaScript garbage collector     does not handle allocation failures properly, which     could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when     visiting a malicious website.

The oldstable distribution (etch) does not contain kde4libs.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in qt4-x11, a cross-platform C++ application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-0945     Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in     WebKit, as used in qt4-x11, allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2009-1687     The JavaScript garbage collector in WebKit, as used in     qt4-x11 does not properly handle allocation failures,     which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code     or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and     application crash) via a crafted HTML document that     triggers write access to an 'offset of a NULL pointer.

  - CVE-2009-1690     Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in     qt4-x11, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and     application crash) by setting an unspecified property of     an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and     later accessed when an HTML error occurs.

  - CVE-2009-1698     WebKit in qt4-x11 does not initialize a pointer during     handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function     call with a large numerical argument, which allows     remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a     denial of service (memory corruption and application     crash) via a crafted HTML document.

  - CVE-2009-1699     The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit, as used in     qt4-x11 does not properly handle XML external entities,     which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files     via a crafted DTD.

  - CVE-2009-1711     WebKit in qt4-x11 does not properly initialize memory     for Attr DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

  - CVE-2009-1712     WebKit in qt4-x11 does not prevent remote loading of     local Java applets, which allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code, gain privileges, or obtain     sensitive information via an APPLET or OBJECT element.

  - CVE-2009-1713     The XSLT functionality in WebKit, as used in qt4-x11     does not properly implement the document function, which     allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files     and files from different security zones.

  - CVE-2009-1725     WebKit in qt4-x11 does not properly handle numeric     character references, which allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service     (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted     HTML document.

  - CVE-2009-2700     qt4-x11 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a     domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an     X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle     attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted     certificate issued by a legitimate Certification     Authority.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by these problems.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
60606	Scientific Linux Security Update : kdelibs on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/1/2012	1/14/2021	high
53666	openSUSE Security Update : kdelibs3 (openSUSE-SU-2010:1034-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/5/2011	1/14/2021	high
41606	Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 : webkit vulnerabilities (USN-836-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/24/2009	1/19/2021	high
53764	openSUSE Security Update : libwebkit (openSUSE-SU-2011:0024-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/5/2011	1/14/2021	critical
39529	RHEL 4 / 5 : kdelibs (RHSA-2009:1127)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/26/2009	1/14/2021	high
40411	Fedora 10 : kdelibs3-3.5.10-13.fc10 (2009-8020)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/29/2009	1/11/2021	high
40767	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : kde4libs, kdelibs vulnerabilities (USN-822-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/25/2009	1/19/2021	high
48170	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs4 (MDVSA-2010:027)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	7/30/2010	1/6/2021	high
44733	Debian DSA-1868-1 : kde4libs - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/24/2010	1/4/2021	high
44852	Debian DSA-1988-1 : qt4-x11 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/24/2010	1/4/2021	high

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