Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | KDE library vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-420-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-02-06 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-02-06 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.6 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 4.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Jose Avila III and Robert Tasarz discovered that the KDE HTML library did not correctly parse HTML comments inside the "title" tag. By tricking a Konqueror user into visiting a malicious website, an attacker could bypass cross-site scripting protections. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-420-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-79 | Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10244 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10244 | ||
| Title: | The KDE HTML library (kdelibs), as used by Konqueror 3.5.5, does not properly parse HTML comments, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within a comment in a title tag, a related issue to CVE-2007-0478. | ||
| Description: | The KDE HTML library (kdelibs), as used by Konqueror 3.5.5, does not properly parse HTML comments, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within a comment in a title tag, a related issue to CVE-2007-0478. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-0537 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for kdelibs3 File : nvt/sles9p5011006.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for kdelibs MDKSA-2007:031 (kdelibs) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_031.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for kdelibs vulnerability USN-420-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_420_1.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-10 (kdelibs) File : nvt/glsa_200703_10.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 32975 | KDE Konqueror KDE HTML library (kdelibs) HTML Parsing XSS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0909.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20071008_kdelibs_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-157.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_kdelibs3-3053.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-420-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_kdelibs3-3058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-12 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2007-0909.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-09 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0909.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-03-12 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200703-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-02-18 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:04:09 |
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