DSA-1868-1 kde4libs -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-1690   CVE-2009-1698   CVE-2009-1687  

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. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.1.0-3+lenny1. For the testing distribution (squeeze), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.3.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your kde4libs packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1868-1 kde4libs -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
19 Aug 2009
Affected Packages:
kde4libs
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 534949.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698, CVE-2009-1687.
More information:

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.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.1.0-3+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), these problems will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.3.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your kde4libs packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kde4libs_4.1.0-3+lenny1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kde4libs_4.1.0-3+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kde4libs_4.1.0.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-data_4.1.0-3+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dev_4.1.0-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5-dbg_4.1.0-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs-bin_4.1.0-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kde4libs/kdelibs5_4.1.0-3+lenny1_s390.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.