Issued:

2009-11-24

Updated:

2009-11-24

RHSA-2009:1601 - Critical: kdelibs security update

Synopsis

Critical: kdelibs security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated kdelibs packages that fix one security issue 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 buffer overflow flaw was found in the kdelibs string to floating point conversion routines. A web page containing malicious JavaScript could crash Konqueror or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-0689)

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. 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-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.src.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
• kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm
• kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
• kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
• kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 539784

CVEs

• CVE-2009-0689

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/.
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