| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'kdelibs' package(s) announced via the DSA-1867-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
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.
Affected Software/OS:
'kdelibs' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
9.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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