Synopsis: Critical: kdelibs security update
Issue Date: 2012-10-30
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-4513
CVE-2012-4512
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A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CSS (Cascading
Style Sheets) parser in kdelibs parsed the location of the source for font
faces. A web page containing malicious content could cause an application
using kdelibs (such as Konqueror) to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2012-4512)
A heap-based buffer over-read flaw was found in the way kdelibs calculated
canvas dimensions for large images. A web page containing malicious content
could cause an application using kdelibs to crash or disclose portions of
its memory. (CVE-2012-4513)
The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update
to take effect.
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