Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kdelibs
announced via advisory USN-822-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.2
Ubuntu 8.10:
kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.1 kdelibs5 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.2
Ubuntu 9.04:
kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1 kdelibs5 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-822-1
Insight
It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle certain malformed SVG images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-0945)
It was discovered that the KDE JavaScript garbage collector did not properly handle memory allocation failures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1687)
It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle HTML content in the head element. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1690)
It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1698)
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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