Ubuntu Security Notice USN-447-1
28th March, 2007
kdelibs vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
It was discovered that Konqueror did not correctly handle iframes from
JavaScript. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious website,
Konqueror could crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2007-1308)
A flaw was discovered in how Konqueror handled PASV FTP responses. If a
user were tricked into visiting a malicious FTP server, a remote
attacker could perform a port-scan of machines within the user's
network, leading to private information disclosure. (CVE-2007-1564)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.1.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.3
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- kdelibs4c2 4:3.4.3-0ubuntu2.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session or
reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.