K Desktop Environment (KDE) kjs buffer overflow
| kde-kjs-bo (24242) |  High Risk |
Description:
K Desktop Environment (KDE) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of UTF-8 encoded URI sequences by the JavaScript interpreter engine (kjs). By creating a Web page containing malicious JavaScript code, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on a victim's system, if the victim visits the malicious page with a Web browser that uses kjs.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- KDE, K Desktop Environment (KDE) 3.2.0 - 3.5.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in KDE Security Advisory 20060119-1. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-948-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0184-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-01-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-245-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- KDE Security Advisory 20060119-1, kjs encodeuri/decodeuri heap overflow vulnerability at http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060119-1.txt.
- ASA-2006-020: kdelibs security update (RHSA-2006-0184)
- BID-16325: KDE KJS Encodeuri / Decodeuri Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0019: Heap-based buffer overflow in the encodeURI and decodeURI functions in the kjs JavaScript interpreter engine in KDE 3.2.0 through 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted, UTF-8 encoded URI.
- DSA-948: kdelibs -- buffer overflow
- GLSA-200601-11: KDE kjs: URI heap overflow vulnerability
- MDKSA-2006:019: Updated kdelibs packages fix vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 22659: KDE kjs UTF-8 Encoded URI Processing Overflow
- RHSA-2006-0184: kdelibs security update
- SA18500: KDE kjs UTF-8 Encoded URI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1015512: KDE kjs Engine Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2006:003: kdelibs3/javascript buffer overflow
- USN-245-1: KDE library vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0265: KDE kjs UTF-8 Encoded URI Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 20, 2006
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