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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
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.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, 2007-03-04 21:38:01: Konqueror DoS Via JavaScript Read Of FTP Iframe.
- KDE Web site: K Desktop Environment - KDE 3.5.6 Release Announcement.
- 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.
- 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
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0886: KDE Konqueror JavaScript Iframe Handling Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
- KDE KDE 3.5.5
- 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 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
Reported:
Mar 04, 2007
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