Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2009-0689
Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-871-1 December 11, 2009kdelibs vulnerabilityCVE-2009-0689===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 8.04 LTSUbuntu 8.10Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 9.10This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.5Ubuntu 8.10: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.4Ubuntu 9.04: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.4Ubuntu 9.10: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu7.2After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effectthe necessary changes.Details follow:A buffer overflow was found in the KDE libraries when converting a stringto a floating point number. If a user or application linked against kdelibswere tricked into processing crafted input, an attacker could cause adenial of service (via application crash) or possibly execute arbitrarycode with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0689)It was discovered that the KDE libraries could use KHTML to process anunknown MIME type. If a user or application linked against kdelibs weretricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could potentially triggerXMLHTTPRequests to remote sites.
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