Info

Disclosure

Jul 13, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jul 14, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

KDE contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a DOM element uses the document.replaceChild() method with the parameter set to zero. This will result in loss of availability for the KDE browser due to a NULL dereference.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.5.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

KDE Project

KDE

3.5.1

References

Bugtraq ID: 18978
CVE ID: 2006-3672 (see also: NVD)
Metasploit ID: 27058
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-2812
Other Advisory URL: http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-14-konqueror-replacechild.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-commits&m=115286699814023&w=2
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130819
Generic Exploit URL: http://metasploit.com/users/hdm/tools/browserfun/mobb_014.html
Vendor URL: http://www.kde.org/
Keyword: MoBB #14

Credit

H D Moore - hdmmetasploit.com - DigitalOffense

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/27058