Ubuntu Security Notice USN-322-1
24th July, 2006
kdelibs vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in the replaceChild()
method in KDE's DOM handler. A malicious remote web page could exploit
this to cause Konqueror to crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- kdelibs 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- kdelibs 4:3.4.3-0ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- kdelibs 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.