Konqueror KDE JavaScript implementation KJS denial of service
| konqueror-kjs-dos (32798) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Konqueror is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the KDE JavaScript implementation (KJS). A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially-crafted Web page containing an IFRAME tag with an ftp:// URL to cause a victim's browser to crash, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit the malicious Web page.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- KDE, KDE 3.5.5 and prior
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
Remedy:
For Mandriva Linux (kdelibs):
Refer to MDKSA-2007:054 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux (kdelibs):
Refer to USN-447-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, 2007-03-04 21:38:01, Konqueror DoS Via JavaScript Read Of FTP Iframe at http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=117304449513566&w=2.
- KDE Web site, K Desktop Environment - KDE 3.5.6 Release Announcement at http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.6.php.
- BID-22814: KDE Konqueror JavaScript IFrame Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1308: ecma/kjs_html.cpp in KDE JavaScript (KJS), as used in Konqueror in KDE 3.5.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by accessing the content of an iframe with an ftp:// URI in the src attribute, probably due to a NULL pointer dereference.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0886: KDE Konqueror JavaScript Iframe Handling Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
- MDKSA-2007:054: Updated kdelibs packages to address DoS issue in KDE Javascript
- RHSA-2007-0909: Moderate: kdelibs security update
- USN-447-1: KDE library vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 04, 2007
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