Date:         Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:21:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Critical: kdelibs on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Critical: kdelibs security update
Issue date:	2009-11-24
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-0689

CVE-2009-0689 kdelibs remote array overrun

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the kdelibs string to floating point
conversion routines. A web page containing malicious JavaScript could 
crash Konqueror or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the 
privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-0689)

The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this 
update to take effect.

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm
      i386:
kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.src.rpm
      i386:
kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
lastline

SciLinux: CVE-2009-0689 Critical: kdelibs SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Critical: kdelibs security update

Summary

Date:         Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:21:25 -0600Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA Critical: kdelibs on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"          Synopsis:	Critical: kdelibs security updateIssue date:	2009-11-24CVE Names:	CVE-2009-0689CVE-2009-0689 kdelibs remote array overrunA buffer overflow flaw was found in the kdelibs string to floating pointconversion routines. A web page containing malicious JavaScript could crash Konqueror or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Konqueror. (CVE-2009-0689)The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.SL 4.x      SRPMS:kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm      i386:kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm      x86_64:kdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpmkdelibs-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x      SRPMS:kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.src.rpm      i386:kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpm      x86_64:kdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpmkdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpmkdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.i386.rpmkdelibs-devel-3.5.4-25.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawsonlastline



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