Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdelibs (MDKSA-2007:076)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24942

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A bug was discovered in KJS where UTF8 decoding did not reject overlong sequences. This vulnerability is similar to that discovered by Andreas Nolden in QT3 and QT4, but at this current time there is no known exploit for this issue.

Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24942

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-076.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs-common, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kdelibs-devel-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64kdecore4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64kdecore4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkdecore4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkdecore4-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0242

MDKSA: 2007:076

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