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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1867-1] New kdelibs packages fix several vulnerabilitie

    From Steffen Joeris@1:229/2 to All on Wed Aug 19 14:40:05 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1867-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris
    August 19, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : kdelibs
    Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Ids : CVE-2009-1690 CVE-2009-1698 CVE-2009-1687
    Debian Bugs : 534952

    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 stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
    version 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2.

    For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
    in version 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.

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


    We recommend that you upgrade your kdelibs packages.


    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Debian (oldstable)
    - ------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 18684663 a3f13367dcadef4749ba0173c8bc5f8e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1635 0eb586c194525c6efbfda4c7505faf97
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 601893 1452f9edd815d35268c580caba07c69b

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 34590 8d069056020a0d76c5657105c764c4c4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-data_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 8599236 93a407c519ffef8ecfb182aadb59a86f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-doc_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 40223822 95cdb51e0f3104ff26fe2d3419c79ab7

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 11344306 6348981220a7b68267630b03e9b9c981
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1385806 e64b605767065b4dff321c01caf5b037
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 47403994 898f8d449d4fcbf7ff69db361b1f5335

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1341342 ae284490ea0849d87071e87a83a1c687
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 27018282 3866668423626ca47f92d01e7b643e6d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 10400204 9bec5c062bbd4d58a9da7f024f0e04c3

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1382100 bc7e214c08ebed30226eb8f42bebe172
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46418580 f720c63d08017ccd553bc7d12ae93008
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 9302584 f661269d0085547f5993fcf28fb93a96

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1385038 5b9a334a18f36f23d76a7cad7618368e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 11295246 676e6d6bd97a1a0eef8476cdf12a2fc2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 27634968 7630102f5f57d2ccf39013aa1689bd70

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dbg_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 26268130 9562a77ad5b8dd761c1514bae672c35b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1382698 415adb54c701be487552a24280e4e1cb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 9742340 44d58eccf0d6de0626ee627821aab8b0

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 13676054 8683ddc99ac43cb8c554b9122f745993
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs4-dev_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch2_ia64.deb

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