Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1867-1 kdelibs -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 19 Aug 2009
- Affected Packages:
- kdelibs
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 534952.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1687. - More information:
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Several security issues have been discovered in kdelibs, core libraries from the official KDE release. 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.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your kdelibs packages.
- CVE-2009-1690
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_mips.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_powerpc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.10.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_mips.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2_powerpc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.