Debian DSA-1866-1 : kdegraphics - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 44731

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two security issues have been discovered in kdegraphics, the graphics apps from the official KDE release. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-0945 It was discovered that the KSVG animation element implementation suffers from a NULL pointer dereference flaw, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2009-1709 It was discovered that the KSVG animation element implementation is prone to a use-after-free flaw, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the kdegraphics packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.5.5-3etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4:3.5.9-3+lenny2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44731

File Name: debian_DSA-1866.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdegraphics, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1709

BID: 34924, 35334

CWE: 399, 94

DSA: 1866

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