Jose Avila III and Robert Tasarz discovered that the KDE HTML library did not correctly parse HTML comments inside the “title” tag. By tricking a Konqueror user into visiting a malicious website, an attacker could bypass cross-site scripting protections.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
6 February 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Jose Avila III and Robert Tasarz discovered that the KDE HTML library did not correctly parse HTML comments inside the “title” tag. By tricking a Konqueror user into visiting a malicious website, an attacker could bypass cross-site scripting protections.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.
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