Issued:

2009-06-25

Updated:

2009-06-25

RHSA-2009:1127 - Critical: kdelibs security update

Synopsis

Critical: kdelibs security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated kdelibs packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The kdelibs packages provide libraries for the K Desktop Environment (KDE).

A flaw was found in the way the KDE CSS parser handled content for the CSS "style" attribute. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted CSS equipped HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-1698)

A flaw was found in the way the KDE HTML parser handled content for the HTML "head" element. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-1690)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the KDE JavaScript garbage collector handled memory allocation requests. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted HTML page, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a denial of service (Konqueror crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-1687)

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.src.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.src.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_3.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-14.el4.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-14.el4.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_3.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 505571
• This content is not included.BZ - 506453
• This content is not included.BZ - 506469

CVEs

• CVE-2009-1687
• CVE-2009-1690
• CVE-2009-1698

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.