CentOS 4 : kdegraphics (CESA-2009:1682)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43359

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment, including KPDF, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw in KPDF's Type 1 font parser. A specially crafted PDF file with an embedded Type 1 font could cause KPDF to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdegraphics packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6e5f15f8

http://www.nessus.org/u?00c5725c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43359

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1682.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4035

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2009:1682