22659 : KDE kjs UTF-8 Encoded URI Processing Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-01-19

Description

A remote overflow exists in KDE. "kjs" fails to perform correct boundary checking when decoding UTF8-encoded javascript resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can execute arbitreaty code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version for your distribution, as numerous vendors have reportedly fixed this vulnerability. In addition, the KDE project has released a patch for some versions.

Products

KDE Project	KDE	3.2.0
		3.3.0
		3.4.0
		3.5.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015512
Secunia Advisory ID: 18500 18540 18552 18559 18561 18570 18583 18899
CVE ID: 2006-0019 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0358.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.361107
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060119-1.txt
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-245-1
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-948
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-11.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060119-1.txt
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_03_kdelibs3.html
News Article: http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5217
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0184

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Credit

Maksim Orlovich -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-01-23 | Disagree?

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